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TN Jailers Held Liable in Slip-And-Fall Case

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Premises Liability. Location: Tennessee.

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court's dismissal of a
prisoner's negligence action against Loudon County, Tennessee and its
sheriff, Tim Guider.

James K. Cannon was a prisoner in the Louder County Jail on August 23, 2002
when he slipped in a puddle of water on the ...

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