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fellow-servant rule in Tennessee

10 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 1922–2015 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Glass v. City of Chattanoogagreen
tenn · 1993 · cited in 2 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 1994–1997
2 sentences

1997Although the Supreme Court reaffirmed the validity of the public duty doctrine and the policemen and firemen’s rule in these cases, we note that the Court has abolished the fellow servant doctrine, which formerly relieved an employer from liability "for any injuries to an employee resulting from the negligence of a fellow worker engaged in common employment,” provided there had been "due care in selection and employment of the tortfeasor.” Glass v. City of Chattanooga, 858 S.W.2d 312, 313 (Tenn.1993). .

1994Comment, Employees' Assumption of Risk: Real or Illusory Choice?, 52 Tenn.L.Rev. 35, 38 (1984). 9 .It was also in Priestly v. Fowler, supra, that Lord Abinger created the fellow-servant doctrine which this Court recently abandoned in Glass v. City of Chattanooga, 858 S.W.2d 312 (1993). 10 .

12
Clanton v. Cain-Sloan Co.green
tenn · 1984 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015King, Jr., The Exclusiveness of an Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Remedy Against His Employer, 55 Tenn. L.Rev. 405, 406 (1988) (footnote omitted), and were necessary because of the “difficulty of proving fault in the industrial setting and the availability of the [defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of the risk, and the fellow servant rule, which] more often than not defeated the worker’s hope for recovery,” Clanton v. Cainr-Sloan Co., 677 S.W.2d 441, 442 (Tenn. 1984).

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Salinas v. Vierstragreen
idaho · 1985 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 1994–1994
2 sentences

1994Salinas v. Vierstra, 107 Idaho 984 , 695 P.2d 369, 372 (1985); Mizushima v. Sunset Ranch, Inc., 103 Nev. 259 , 737 P.2d 1158, 1160 (1987). 11 .

1994Salinas v. Vierstra, 107 Idaho 984 , 695 P.2d 369, 372 (1985); Mizushima v. Sunset Ranch, Inc., 103 Nev. 259 , 737 P.2d 1158, 1160 (1987). 11 .

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Naomi Mizushima v. Sunset Ranch, Inc.green
nev · 1987 · cited in 1 Tennessee opinions naming this issue, 1994–1994
2 sentences

1994Salinas v. Vierstra, 107 Idaho 984 , 695 P.2d 369, 372 (1985); Mizushima v. Sunset Ranch, Inc., 103 Nev. 259 , 737 P.2d 1158, 1160 (1987). 11 .

1994Salinas v. Vierstra, 107 Idaho 984 , 695 P.2d 369, 372 (1985); Mizushima v. Sunset Ranch, Inc., 103 Nev. 259 , 737 P.2d 1158, 1160 (1987). 11 .

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (12)

CaseCitedYears
Anderson v. Covert green
tenn · 1952
2 sentences

1993Anderson v. Covert, 193 Tenn. 238 , 245 S.W.2d 770 (1952).

1993Anderson v. Covert, 193 Tenn. 238 , 245 S.W.2d 770 (1952).

11993–1993
Crilly v. Ballou green
mich · 1958
2 sentences

1991Crilly v. Ballou, 353 Mich. 303, 307-308 , 91 N.W.2d 493 (1958).

1991Crilly v. Ballou, 353 Mich. 303, 307-308 , 91 N.W.2d 493 (1958).

11991–1991
Boscaglia v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. green
mich · 1985
2 sentences

1991Co., 420 Mich. 308 , 362 N.W.2d 642 (1984), the Michigan Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act and the Workers’ Compensation Act were directed to different ends; the former to protect against “ ‘the prejudices and biases’ one race, sex, or religion bears against another,” the latter to protect victims of industrial injuries who had been deprived of other remedies because of common-law doctrines such as contributory negligence and the fellow servant rule.

1991Co., 420 Mich. 308 , 362 N.W.2d 642 (1984), the Michigan Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act and the Workers’ Compensation Act were directed to different ends; the former to protect against “ ‘the prejudices and biases’ one race, sex, or religion bears against another,” the latter to protect victims of industrial injuries who had been deprived of other remedies because of common-law doctrines such as contributory negligence and the fellow servant rule.

11991–1991
Knox v. Railroad neutral
tenn · 1898
1 sentence

1965We have read and considered the case of Knox v. Southern Railroad, 1898, 101 Tenn. 375 , 47 S.W. 491 , cited and relied upon by defendants and hold that the ruling of such case is not controlling of the case at bar.

11965–1965
Williams v. McElhaney neutral
tenn · 1958
2 sentences

1965Williams v. McElhaney, 1958, 203 Tenn. 602 , 315 S.W.2d 106 .

1965Williams v. McElhaney, 1958, 203 Tenn. 602 , 315 S.W.2d 106 .

11965–1965
Smith v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co. neutral
tenn · 1905
1 sentence

1958See 35 Am.Jur., Master and Servant, Sec. 173, 175, 183, 353, 358; Smith v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co., 115 Tenn. 543, 558 , 92 S.W. 62 , 4 L.R.A.,N.S., 1180.

11958–1958
Duncan v. Dickie Rector Lumber Co. green
tennctapp · 1948
2 sentences

1948Code Section 6862; Duncan v. Dickie Rector Lumber Co., 31 Tenn. App. 155 , 212 S. W. (2d) 908 ; Moore Coal Co. v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 516 , 64 S. W. (2d) 3 ; Shoaf v. Fitzpatrick, 6 Cir., 104 F. (2d) 290.

1948Code Section 6862; Duncan v. Dickie Rector Lumber Co., 31 Tenn. App. 155 , 212 S. W. (2d) 908 ; Moore Coal Co. v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 516 , 64 S. W. (2d) 3 ; Shoaf v. Fitzpatrick, 6 Cir., 104 F. (2d) 290.

11948–1948
Moore Coal Co. v. Brown green
tenn · 1933
2 sentences

1948Code Section 6862; Duncan v. Dickie Rector Lumber Co., 31 Tenn. App. 155 , 212 S. W. (2d) 908 ; Moore Coal Co. v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 516 , 64 S. W. (2d) 3 ; Shoaf v. Fitzpatrick, 6 Cir., 104 F. (2d) 290.

1948Code Section 6862; Duncan v. Dickie Rector Lumber Co., 31 Tenn. App. 155 , 212 S. W. (2d) 908 ; Moore Coal Co. v. Brown, 166 Tenn. 516 , 64 S. W. (2d) 3 ; Shoaf v. Fitzpatrick, 6 Cir., 104 F. (2d) 290.

11948–1948
Allen v. Chamberlain neutral
tenn · 1915
2 sentences

1947Code sec. 6862. “(3) Defendant, however, insists that the evidence established without dispute its defense, interposed after the remand, that if it employed plaintiff such employ *518 ment was ‘casual’ and not ‘in the usual course’ of its business under Code sec. 6856(b); that this section excludes the operation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act in this case so as to leave open to defendant these common law defenses of assumption of the risk, contributory negligence, and the fellow-servant rule; and that on the authority of Brown v. [Chattanooga] Electric Railway Co., supra, Allen v. Chamberla

1947Code sec. 6862. “(3) Defendant, however, insists that the evidence established without dispute its defense, interposed after the remand, that if it employed plaintiff such employ *518 ment was ‘casual’ and not ‘in the usual course’ of its business under Code sec. 6856(b); that this section excludes the operation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act in this case so as to leave open to defendant these common law defenses of assumption of the risk, contributory negligence, and the fellow-servant rule; and that on the authority of Brown v. [Chattanooga] Electric Railway Co., supra, Allen v. Chamberla

11947–1947
Gibbons v. Roller Estates, Inc. neutral
tenn · 1931
2 sentences

1947“Code sec. 6856(b) provides that the Act shall not apply to ‘any person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual, that is, one who is not employed in the usual course of trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employei\’ The test is whether the employee ‘is engaged with reference to the usual course of the master’s trade, business, etc.’ If so engaged, he is within the Act, ‘ although his employment itself is casual as distinguished from regular employment.’ Gibbons v. Roller Estates, Inc., 163 Tenn. 373, 376 , 43 S. W. (2d) 198, 199 .

1947“Code sec. 6856(b) provides that the Act shall not apply to ‘any person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual, that is, one who is not employed in the usual course of trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employei\’ The test is whether the employee ‘is engaged with reference to the usual course of the master’s trade, business, etc.’ If so engaged, he is within the Act, ‘ although his employment itself is casual as distinguished from regular employment.’ Gibbons v. Roller Estates, Inc., 163 Tenn. 373, 376 , 43 S. W. (2d) 198, 199 .

11947–1947
Hawkins v. Smith green
mo · 1912
2 sentences

1922Stat. 1909, sections 5440-5444; Hawkins v. Smith, 242 Mo., 688 , 147 S. W., 1042 ); declaring invalid contracts made by employees with corporations limiting the liability of the latter in the event of injury to the employee (section 5437, Rev.

1922Stat. 1909, sections 5440-5444; Hawkins v. Smith, 242 Mo., 688 , 147 S. W., 1042 ); declaring invalid contracts made by employees with corporations limiting the liability of the latter in the event of injury to the employee (section 5437, Rev.

11922–1922
State v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. green
· 1912
2 sentences

1922Co., 242 Mo., 339 , 147 S. W., 118 ); abolishing the fellow-servant rule as applying to mining corporations (Whittaker Rev.

1922Co., 242 Mo., 339 , 147 S. W., 118 ); abolishing the fellow-servant rule as applying to mining corporations (Whittaker Rev.

11922–1922

Where else courts name it

NY 34 (1909–2022) GA 24 (1903–2026) IL 21 (1899–2021) MO 19 (1905–2012) WA 16 (1906–2008) MN 15 (1909–2013) KY 15 (1911–1998) MS 12 (1901–2018) IN 12 (1906–2010) NC 11 (1902–2023) FL 10 (1930–2007) MA 10 (1919–1990) KS 10 (1907–2006) MI 10 (1895–2010) TN 10 (1922–2015) TX 9 (1916–2016) OH 8 (1929–2018) OK 8 (1910–1991) NJ 8 (1913–2020) NM 7 (1892–1982) MD 7 (1902–2025) AZ 7 (1962–2005) IA 7 (1902–1912) ND 6 (1891–1997) ID 6 (1911–1975) LA 6 (1903–2003) CA 6 (1912–2020) VA 6 (1908–2017) WV 5 (1938–2000) AR 5 (1923–1957) WY 4 (1971–2014) MT 4 (1909–2004) SD 4 (1967–2021) WI 4 (1977–2024) AL 4 (1923–2007) OR 4 (1914–2016) VT 3 (1908–1917) RI 3 (1894–1916) CT 3 (1912–1985) PA 3 (1913–1939) SC 2 (1912–1932)

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