McIntyre v. Balentine

Decided 1992-05-04

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OPINION DROWOTA, Justice. In this personal injury action, we granted Plaintiff’s application for permission to appeal in order to decide whether to adopt a system of comparative fault in Tennessee. We are also asked to determine whether the criminal presumption of intoxication is admissible evidence in a civil case. We now replace the common law defense of…

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