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FAIR v. COCHRAN

No. E2011-00831-SC-R11-CV

418 S.W.3d 542 (2013)

Cristy Irene FAIR v. Stephen Lynn COCHRAN.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Anthony Duncan , Nashville, Tennessee, and Michael Stanley Farley , Clinton, Tennessee, for the appellant, Cristy Irene Fair.

Terrill Lee Adkins , Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Stephen Lynn Cochran.

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., WILLIAM C. KOCH JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the return of proof of service of process 412 days after issuance of a summons precludes a plaintiff from relying upon the original commencement of the lawsuit to toll the running of the statute of limitations. We hold that the plain language of Tennessee Rules of...

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