Case Names

Question 1

U.S Supreme Court Case 1927 - Stop, look, listen & get out of the car to check at Railway

Answer 1

Baltimore & O.R. Co. v. Goodman

Question 2

U.S Supreme Court Case 1934 - Stop, look, listen but does not have to go out of your car to check

Answer 2

Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.

Question 3

U.S Supreme Court Case - limit excessive punitive damages (4:1 ratio to compensatory)

Answer 3

State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell

Question 4

TN Ct. of App. 2002 - Dad beats daughter’s bf while he was laying in bed and said it was for self-defense

Answer 4

Poliak v. Adcock

Question 5

TN Supreme Court 1999- Informed consent case

Answer 5

Ashe v. Radiation Oncology Associates

Question 6

TN Supreme Court 1995 - Fireman’s rule (in this case police)

Answer 6

Carson v. Headrick

Question 7

TN Supreme Court 2005 - social host and minors drinking

Answer 7

Biscan v. Brown

Question 8

TN Supreme Court 1992 - both drunk driving, rejects joint and several liability, adopts comparative negligence rule

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McIntyre v. Balentine

Question 9

TN Supreme Court Case 2010 - comparative fault statute generally does not eliminate original tortfeasor doctrine, can still be held jointly and severally liable

Answer 9

Banks v. Elks Club Pride of Tennessee

Question 10

TN Supreme Court Case 1993 - rejects loss of chance doctrine

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Kilpatrick v. Bryant

Question 11

TN Ct. of App. Case 2003 - Ultrahazardous activities

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Leatherwood v. Wadley

Question 12

TN Supreme Court Case 1996 - first NIED case, physical impact not required

Answer 12

Camper v. Minor

Question 13

TN Supreme Court Case 1996- NIED case, abolish “zone of danger” test that enforced physical injury and contemporaneous fear requirements

Answer 13

Ramsey v. Beavers

Question 14

TN Supreme Court Case 2004 - NIED case, does not have to be related to the decedent to assert a claim

Answer 14

Lourcey v. Estate of Scarlett

Question 15

TN Supreme Court Case 2008- NIED case, does not have to witness the event happening, but have to witness the scene of the accident unaltered & related to injured/deceased

Answer 15

Eskin v. Bartee

Question 16

TN Supreme Court Case 2012- NIED case, present rule of law, P has to prove by showing “significant impairment in his daily life resulting from D’s conduct” 6 factors used to prove + other evidence

Answer 16

Rogers v. Lousiville Land Co. Inc.