ATKINSON v. STATE

No. M2009-02587-COA-R3-CV.

337 S.W.3d 199 (2010)

Shirley Ann ATKINSON, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Lee Pattee, Jr., Deceased v. STATE of Tennessee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 9, 2010.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court November 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Raybin and Sarah Richter Perky , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Shirley Ann Atkinson.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General, and Mark A. Hudson , Senior Counsel, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

DAVID R. FARMER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S. and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.

This is an appeal from the Tennessee Claims Commission. The claimant/appellant alleged that state employees or their agents negligently caused the death of her fiancé, who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville, Tennessee...

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