KING v. ANDERSON COUNTY

No. E2012-00386-SC-R11-CV

419 S.W.3d 232 (2013)

Kenneth E. KING v. ANDERSON COUNTY, Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Swann Taylor, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Bruce D. Fox, Clinton, Tennessee, and Ronald C. Koksal, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Kenneth E. King.


OPINION

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

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