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Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-203

Injury during fourth year after completion — Limitation of action

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Penley v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (2000)

Most recently applied in Christopher J. Etheridge, Selena A. v. YMCA and West Tennessee (January 2012)

Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 2; T.C.A., § 28-315; Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 39.

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(1) Notwithstanding § 28-3-202, in the case of an injury to property or person or injury causing wrongful death, which injury occurred during the fourth year after substantial completion, an action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding to recover damages for the injury or wrongful death must be brought within one (1) year after the date on which the injury occurred, without respect to the date of death of the injured person.

(2) The action, arbitration, or other binding dispute resolution proceeding must, in all events, be brought within five (5) years after the substantial completion of the improvement.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.