Spencer v. Hutchison
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Opinion
C O U R T O F A P P E A L S O F T E N N E S S E E
A T K N O X V I L L E FILED April 29, 1998
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G o d d a r d , P . J .
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i n j u r i e s b y r e a s o n o f t h e n e g l i g e n c e o f t h e A p p e l l e e s . I n h i s
a p p e l l a t e b r i e f h e d e t a i l s h i s c o m p l a i n t s a s f o l l o w s : A p p e l l a n t f i l e d h i s C o m p l a i n t i n t h e C i r c u i t C o u r t f o r K n o x C o u n t y , T e n n e s s e e o n J u l y 8 , 1 9 9 6 a l l e g i n g t h a t h e s u s t a i n e d a n a g g r a v a t i o n o f p r e - e x i s t i n g i n j u r i e s a s t h e s o l e a n d p r o x i m a t e r e s u l t o f t h e d e f e n d a n t S h e r i f f ' s f a i l u r e t o s u p p l y a b e d t o t h e a p p e l l a n t w h i l e h e w a s h e l d i n a d a y r o o m o f t h e K n o x C o u n t y J a i l ; a n d b y t h e d e f e n d a n t K n o x C o u n t y ' s f a i l u r e t o e x a m i n e , d i a g n o s e , o r t r e a t a p p e l l a n t f o r h i s i n j u r i e s .
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d i s m i s s e d t h e c o m p l a i n t . O u r r e a d i n g o f t h e r e c o r d , i n c l u d i n g
t h e t e s t i m o n y o f M r . S p e n c e r a n d t h e s t a t e m e n t o f t h e e v i d e n c e o f
h i s m o t h e r a n d C a p t a i n D o r o t h y P i n k s t o n o f t h e K n o x v i l l e 1 S h e r i f f ' s D e p a r t m e n t , p e r s u a d e s u s t h a t t h e e v i d e n c e d o e s n o t
p r e p o n d e r a t e a g a i n s t t h e f i n d i n g s o f f a c t o f t h e T r i a l J u d g e , a n d
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1 0 ( a ) o f t h i s C o u r t .
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C o s t s o f a p p e a l a r e a d j u d g e d a g a i n s t M r . S p e n c e r a n d h i s s u r e t y .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H o u s t o n M . G o d d a r d , P . J .
1 T h e c o u r t r e p o r t e r h a d t r a n s c r i b e d t h e t e s t i m o n y o f M r . S p e n c e r a n d t h e C o u r t ' s o p i n i o n , b u t b e f o r e s h e c o u l d t r a n s c r i b e t h a t o f M r . S p e n c e r ' s m o t h e r a n d t h e P o l i c e C a p t a i n , h e r c a r w a s b r o k e n i n t o a n d t h e t a p e s a s t o t h e m s t o l e n .
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