Tennessee § 29-20-101 - Title.

§ 29-20-101. Title.

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act.” Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-3301. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 85. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Bridges, § 9; 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 28; 22 Tenn. Juris., State, § 14. Law Reviews. A Pragmatic Approach to Improving Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1447 (2001). Accidental Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1225 (2001). Civil Procedure — Flowers v. Dyer County: The Death of the Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction, 23 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 409 (1993). Civil Rights — Municipal Liability for Police Misconduct, 10 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 129. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Negligence Standard, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 893 (2001). Duty Rules, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 767 (2001). Intent and Recklessness in Tort: The Practical Craft of Restating Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1133 (2001). Interpretive Construction, Systematic Consistency, and Criterial Norms in Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1157 (2001). Judicial Review and the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (Toxey H. Sewell), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 253. Legal Cause: Cause-In-Fact and the Scope of Liability for Consequences, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 941 (2001). Methods of Judicial Review over Administrative Actions in Tennessee, 13 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 657 (1984). Non-Utilitarian Negligence Norms and the Reasonable Person Standard, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 863 (2001). Once More Into the Bramble Bush: Duty, Causal Contribution, and the Extent of Legal Responsibility, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1071 (2001). On Determining Negligence Norms, the Reasonable Person Standard, and the Jury, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 813 (2001). Policing the Police: Clarifying the Test for Holding the Government Liable Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the State-Created Danger Theory, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 165 (2001). Purpose, Belief, and Recklessness: Pruning the Restatement's (Third) Definition of Intent, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1165 (2001). Removing Emotional Harm from the Core of Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 751 (2001). Restatement (Third) of Torts: General Principles and the Prescription of Masculine Order, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1367 (2001). Restating Duty, Breach, and Proximate Cause in Negligence Law: Descriptive Theory and the Rule of Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1039 (2001). Scientific Uncertainty and Causation in Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1011 (2001). 1985 Tennessee Survey: Selected Developments in Tennessee Law, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 415 (1986). Selected Tennessee Legislation of 1986, 54 Tenn. L. Rev. 457 (1987). Sovereign Immunity and the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (John C. Cook), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 885. Tennessee's Adoption of the Planning-Operational Test for Determining Discretionary Function Immunity Under the Governmental Tort Liability Act, 60 Tenn. L. Rev. 633 (1993). Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systemic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253. Tennessee's Criminal Injuries Compensation Act, 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241. The Constitutional Implications of High-Speed Police Pursuits Under a Substantive Due Process Analysis: Homeward Through the Haze, 27 U. Mem. L. Rev. 599 (1997). The Duty Concept in Negligence Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 787 (2001). The Hand Formula in the Draft Restatement (Third) of Torts: Encompassing Fairness as Well as Efficiency Values, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 901 (2001). The John W. Wade Conference on the Third Restatement of Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 639 (2001). The Passing of Palsgraf?, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 803 (2001). The Restatement of Torts and the Courts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1439 (2001). The Restatement (Third) and the Place of Duty in Negligence Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 657 (2001). The Theory of Enterprise Liability and Common Law Strict Liability, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1285 (2001). The Theory of Tort Doctrine and the Restatement (Third) of Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1413 (2001). The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act: Nonfeasance, the Duty to Maintain Streets, and the Discretion to Do Nothing, 23 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 223 (1992). The Trouble with Negligence, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1187 (2001). The Unexpected Persistence of Negligence, 1980 - 2000, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1337 (2001). Tort Law Reform: Strict Liability and the Collateral Source Rule Do Not Mix (Victor E. Schwartz), 39 Vand. L. Rev. 569 (1986). Torts — Bowers v. City of Chattanooga: Planning-Operational Distinctions in Determining Discretionary Function Immunity Under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (Harold W. Fonville II), 24 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 167 (1993). Torts — Chase v. City of Memphis: The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act Meets the Special Duty Doctrine, 29 U. Mem. L. Rev. 507 (1999). Torts — Hurd v. Woolfork: The Public Duty Doctrine in Tennessee (Emilia G. Ballentine), 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 1279 (1998). Torts — Pinner v. Lanier: Corporal Punishment and the Discretionary Function Immunity under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, 22 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 597 (1992). When the Earth Moves and Buildings Tumble, Who Will Pay? — Tort Liability and Defenses for Earthquake Damage within the New Madrid Fault Zone, 22 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (1991). Attorney General Opinions. Contracts to perform county road work, OAG 88-93 (4/20/88). Duties of constables in Rutherford County/Liability of County for actions of constables, OAG 91-70 (8/1/91). Agreements by local governmental entities to indemnify private parties or other governmental entities, OAG 93-01 (1/4/93). City housing authority as governmental entity under Tort Liability Act, OAG 97-072 (5/19/97). Liability for conduct of inmates performing community service work, OAG 97-112 (8/12/97). County or municipal liability for actions of elected county constables, OAG 99-129 (6/29/99). Liability of failure to maintain Johnson City school buildings, OAG 99-210 (10/20/99). Franklin County constables, OAG 00-050 (3/20/00). Personal immunity of emergency medical technicians and paramedics from tort suits, OAG 03-093 (7/28/03). The Healthy Workplace Act of 2014 does not create a new cause of action against state or local employers or against state or local employees for abusive conduct in the workplace. It appears that when a state or local government complies with the policy-adoption requirement of T.C.A. § 50-1-503(b) , that entity would, under certain circumstances, acquire a specific supplement to the immunity already applicable under the Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) and the Tennessee Claims Commission Act. OAG 15-01, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 1 (1/6/15). The Healthy Workplace Act extends to quasi-governmental entities. “Employer” is defined in the Act as any agency, county, metropolitan government, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state. The definition of “agency” in the Act includes all boards, offices, and other agencies of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of government. OAG 15-01, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 1 (1/6/15). Each “employer” may adopt a policy conforming to T.C.A. § 50-1-503(b) . When the employer is a local governmental entity, such as a county or a municipality, the question of who has authority within that local governmental entity to adopt such a policy is a matter of local law and will depend in each case on the particular charter of the local government, its ordinances, rules, and regulations. OAG 15-01, 2015 Tenn. AG LEXIS 1 (1/6/15). Comparative Legislation. Governmental tort liability: Ala. Code § 41-9-60 et seq. Ark. Const. art. V, § 20. Ga. Const. art. I, § II, par. IX. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 65.200 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 11-45-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.600 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-291 et seq. Va. Code § 8.01-195.1 et seq.