BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. v. BRITT


211 S.W.3d 706 (2007)

BUILDING MATERIALS CORPORATION d/b/a GAF Materials Corporation v. Melvin D. BRITT.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Buntin Steiner, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Melvin D. Britt.

James H. Tucker, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Building Materials Corporation of America d/b/a GAF Materials Corporation.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., GARY R. WADE, J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., Sp.J., joined.

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