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· 3/31/2000

Basily v. Rain, Inc.

Citations

  • 29 S.W.3d 879
  • 2000 Tenn. App. LEXIS 213
  • 2000 WL 336737

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a malfunctioning sprinkler head that remained above ground when not in use created a dangerous condition
  • holding that the risk of harm from a sprinkler head that failed to retract was unreasonable because correcting the problem was “a relatively simple matter” and could be solved simply by pushing down on the sprinkler head with one’s hand or foot
  • holding an apartment complex not liable to a tenant who tripped over a sprinkler head because the tenant failed to produce evidence that the sprinkler head had been stuck long enough to be discovered
  • “We may affirm a judgment upon different grounds than those relied on by the trial court when the trial court has reached the correct result.”
  • “We may affirm a judgment upon different grounds than those relied on by the trial court when the trial court has reached the correct result.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Koch, Cain, Cottrell

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