Tennessee § 20-9-302 - Declaration may be read to jury.
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§ 20-9-302. Declaration may be read to jury.
In the trial of any civil suit, counsel shall be permitted to read the counsel's entire declaration, including the amount sued for, to the jury at the beginning of the lawsuit, and may refer to the declaration in argument or summation to the jury. Acts 1963, ch. 79, § 3; T.C.A., § 20-1328. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 212. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 26.10. Law Reviews. Counting Angels and Weighing Anchors: Per Diem Arguments for Noneconomic Personal Injury Tort Damages (Joseph H. King, Jr.), 71 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (2003). Malpractice in Dealing with Medical Malpractice, 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 437. Cited: Smartt v. Fleming, 481 S.W.2d 774, 1972 Tenn. App. LEXIS 339 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1972); Elliott v. Cobb, 320 S.W.3d 246, 2010 Tenn. LEXIS 875 (Tenn. Sept. 23, 2010).
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Section 20-9-302 ("Declaration may be read to jury.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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