JACKSON, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A Tennessee trial court’s dismissal of a wrongful death action filed by the widow of a man killed in a head-on collision with a county fire truck has been affirmed by an appeals court.
The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson in an opinion filed Dec. 8 agreed with the trial court that the widow, Susan Durham, filed the action beyond the one-year statute of limitations under the state’s Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA).
The GTLA grants immunity from civil action to Tennessee counties with some exceptions one involves claims that arise form the negligent operation of motor vehicles.