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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

Day on Torts

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. months after oral arguments in this case. In Reiss v. quoting Tenn.

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Dismissal Based on Lack of Foreseeability Reversed.

Day on Torts

6, 2020), plaintiffs were the decedent’s children, who had died while working as a plumber on a construction project. Rather, when a minimum threshold of foreseeability is established, courts must engage in an analysis of the relevant public policy considerations, to determine whether a duty enforceable in tort must be imposed. …