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Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. In Reiss v. E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn.
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Plaintiff essentially argued that defendant “had constructive notice that [the dog] returned to the property and was inside Ms. Note: Chapter 29, Section 2 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee TortLaw has been updated to include this decision. We agree with [defendant].
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