· 5/17/1982
Foster v. Harris
Citations
- 633 S.W.2d 304
- 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 405
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “no judicial remedy [is] available to [a] plaintiff until he [or she] discover[s], or reasonably should have discovered, (1) the occasion, the manner and means by which a breach of duty occurred that produced his [or her] injury; and (2
- holding that “no judicial remedy [is] available to [a] plaintiff until he [or she] discover[s], or reasonably should have discovered, (1) the occasion, the manner and means by which a breach of duty occurred that produced his [or her] injury; and (2
- “In this case, neither the injury nor the tortfeasor who perpetrated the injury were discovered until July 21, 1976.”
- “In this case, neither the injury nor the tort feasor who perpetrated the injury were discovered until July 21, 1976.” (Emphasis added.
- “The so-called ‘discovery doctrine’ was fashioned to alleviate the intolerable result of barring a cause of action by holding that it ‘accrued’ before the discovery of the injury or the wrong.”
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Judges: Fones, Harbison, Cooper, Brock, Drowota
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