Sherman v. American Water Heater Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a party who obtained dismissal through a settlement agreement without incurring any personal liability was “wholly successful”
• holding that an officer that obtained dismissal of suit via settlement and did not incur any liability was “successful on the merits or otherwise” and therefore entitled to mandatory indemnification
• finding that a party that obtained dismissal through a settlement agreement without incurring any personal liability was “wholly successful”
• upholding Olson v. Molzen, 558 S.W.2d 429 (Tenn.1977) (holding that an exculpatory clause in a contract for medical treatment is contrary to public policy)
• “[W]e hold that plaintiff did obtain dismissal and did not incur any liability, and was therefore “successful on the merits or otherwise.”
• “[W]e hold that plaintiff did obtain dismissal and did not incur any liability, and was therefore “successful on the merits or otherwise.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).