Matthews v. Pickett County

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• holding the issuance of an order of protection created a special duty
• county could be liable under Tennessee's Governmental Tort Liability Act where restraining order created a special duty
• county could be liable under Tennessee’s Governmental Tort Liability Act where restraining order created a special duty
• “The public duty doctrine, however, is only viable as a defense to liability when immunity has been removed under the GTLA.”
• “The order of protection in this case was not issued for the public’s protection in general. The order of protection specifically identified Ms. Matthews and was issued solely for the purpose of protecting her. Cf. Ezell [v. Cockrell, 902 S. W. 2d 394, 403 (Tenn. 1995
• discussing Tennessee public duty doctrine in context of negligence action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).