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LAURA COWAN COFFEY v. DAVID L. COFFEY

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 26, 2020

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Paul S. Davidson, Taylor J. Askew, and Danielle N. Johns, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, David L. Coffey.

Attorneys 2: Thomas S. Scott, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, David Thomas Black, Maryville, Tennessee, and Christopher T. Cain, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Laura Cowan Coffey.

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

This is the second appeal in this action, the facts of which date back to the 1995 death of Steven Coffey, the successful owner of a securities business. In 2015, the deceased’s widow sued the deceased’s father, who had served as executor of the estate. Following summary judgment in favor of the executor, the widow appealed and we remanded the matter to the trial court. Following a bench trial, the trial court ruled, among other things, that the three-year statute of limitations applicable to the widow’s claims were tolled by application of the fraudulent concealment doctrine. The executor appealed. Discerning no error, we affirm the trial court’s decision.

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