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JENIFER HUTCHERSON HALL, ET AL. v. ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Posted by: David Lazar on May 21, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: William Kennerly Burger, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellants, Jenifer Hutcherson Hall and James Howard Hall.

Attorneys 2: Mark Nolan, Jeff T. Goodson, and Jennifer G. Gaydon, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Robertson County, Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCGEE

This appeal arises from a general claim of negligence stemming from a dog bite. The plaintiffs adopted a dog from an animal shelter owned and operated by the defendant, a governmental entity. The dog bit one of the plaintiffs shortly after adoption. The plaintiffs sued, claiming that the shelter had a duty to warn them of the dog’s dangerous propensities but failed to do so. The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment. The trial court determined that the evidence did not create a genuine issue of material fact regarding the foreseeability of the incident, and therefore, the plaintiffs could not establish the defendant owed them a duty to warn. Accordingly, the trial court granted the motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

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