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MORGAN ASHLEE HOOD v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Apr 3, 2024

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua R. Walker, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Alisha M. Toll, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Morgan Ashlee Hood.

Judge(s): FRIERSON

This appeal involves a decision by the Tennessee Claims Commission (“the Commission”) awarding damages to the claimant for her injuries caused by the negligence of a state employee. The Commission determined that an employee of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville had created a dangerous condition by leaving a wet tile floor in a dormitory bathroom and failing to warn the claimant, who was a resident of the dormitory room, of the condition. The Commission found that the state employee’s negligence had caused the claimant to fall and break her arm, thereby also causing her to incur medical expenses and other damages. The Commission awarded damages to the claimant and against the State of Tennessee (“the State”) in the amount of $187,398.23. The State has appealed. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm.

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