Lynn v. City of Jackson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the wrongful death statutes do “not create a new cause of action for the beneficiaries but instead pre-serven the right of action of the decedent”
• recognizing that Tennessee’s “wrongful death statute does not create a new cause of action in the beneficiaries”
• holding that both the federal and Tennessee “saving statutes may not be applied to extend the period within which an action must be filed under the GTLA”
• holding that both the federal and Tennessee, “saving statutes may not be applied to extend the period within which an action must be filed under the GTLA”
• holding that the general savings statute was inapplicable to GTLA claims
• holding the general saving statute of Tennessee Code Annotated section 28-1-115 did not apply to claims re-filed against a governmental entity under the GTLA

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