Tennessee § 29-20-206 - Construction of chapter as to liability — Effect of removal of immunity.

§ 29-20-206. Construction of chapter as to liability — Effect of removal of immunity.

Nothing contained in this chapter, unless specifically provided, shall be construed as an admission or denial of liability or responsibility insofar as governmental entities are concerned. Wherein immunity from suit is removed by this chapter, consent to be sued is granted and liability of the governmental entity shall be determined as if the governmental entity were a private person. Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 4; T.C.A., § 23-3312. Law Reviews. A Pragmatic Approach to Improving Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1447 (2001). Accidental Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1225 (2001). 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). Legal Cause: Cause-In-Fact and the Scope of Liability for Consequences, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 941 (2001). 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). 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). 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 Trouble with Negligence, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1187 (2001). The Unexpected Persistence of Negligence, 1980 - 2000, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1337 (2001). Cited: Jane Doe A v. Coffee County Bd. of Educ., 852 S.W.2d 899, 1992 Tenn. App. LEXIS 1019 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992); Hurd by & Through Hurd v. Woolfork, 959 S.W.2d 578, 1997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 314 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).