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MALLORY SANDRIDGE, NEXT OF KIN TO DEBORAH SANDRIDGE, DECEASED v. HOLLYWOOD HENDERSON, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 19, 2024

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Ryan Nelson Clark, John Randolph Bibb, Jr., and Jason Ryan Hodge, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ford Motor Company.

Attorneys 2: R. Christopher Gilreath and Sidney W. Gilreath, Nashville, Tennessee, and Brian G. Brooks (pro hac vice), Greenbrier, Arkansas, for the appellee, Mallory Sandridge, Next of Kin to Deborah Sandridge Deceased.

Judge(s): ARMSTRONG

This case arises from a car wreck. Following the accident, the at-fault driver was issued several citations for various violations of the City of Memphis traffic laws. The trial court denied Appellant’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Appellee’s lawsuit was not time barred. In so ruling, the trial court held that the citations given to the at-fault driver were criminal in nature and, thus, triggered the filing extension contemplated in Tennessee Code Annotated section 28-3-104(a)(2)(A). We granted this interlocutory appeal under Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 10. Because the citations in this case were civil in nature, we conclude that the two-year statute of limitations is not applicable, and Appellee’s lawsuit is time-barred. We reverse the trial court’s order and remand for entry of an order granting Appellant’s motion for summary judgment.

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