Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-204

Removal of immunity for injury from dangerous structures — Exception — Notice required

Known as the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act

The act spans §§ 29–29 (44 sections).

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Hawks v. City of Westmoreland (1997)

Most recently applied in Linda Wimmer v. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority D/B/A Erlanger Health System (January 2018)

Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 9; T.C.A., § 23-3310.

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(1) Immunity from suit of a governmental entity is removed for any injury caused by the dangerous or defective condition of any public building, structure, dam, reservoir or other public improvement owned and controlled by such governmental entity.

(2) Immunity is not removed for latent defective conditions, nor shall this section apply unless constructive and/or actual notice to the governmental entity of such condition be alleged and proved in addition to the procedural notice required by § 29-20-302 [repealed].

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.