Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-502 (2026)

Verdict applied to good count

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If any counts in a declaration are good, a verdict for entire damages shall be applied to such good counts.

Code 1858, § 2969 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 63); Shan., § 4694; Code 1932, § 8824; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1317.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Anderson v. Mason, 141 S.W.3d 634 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003).
Anderson v. Mason, 141 S.W.3d 634 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “T.C.A. § 20-9-502 provides as follows: Verdict applied to good account.”
Tutton v. Patterson, 714 S.W.2d 268 (Tenn. 1986). · cites it 4× “T.C.A. § 20-9-502 provides as follows: Verdict applied to good account.”
West v. Media Gen. Operations, Inc., 250 F. Supp. 2d 923 (E.D. Tenn. 2002). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-502 provides: “Verdict applied to good count.”
Helton v. Reynolds, 640 S.W.2d 5 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). “he premises which existed when the tenant took possession, however, when the tenant took possession of the premises there was some unsafe condition of which the owner had actual knowledge, or in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known, but which was not known to the…”
Adkisson v. Jacobs Eng'g Grp., Inc., 370 F. Supp. 3d 826 (E.D. Tenn. 2019). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 20-9-502 & 20-9-503 ; Adkins v.”
Patrick McCollum v. Dan Huffstutter (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 7× “T.C.A. § 20-9-502 states that, “[i]f any counts in a declaration are good, a verdict for entire damages shall be applied to such good counts.”
In the matter of the Est. of Mary Ardelle Gower v. Tyson Robertson, Bessie Lewis, Danny Boggell, Pat Henkel, & Marilyn Whitten (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 5× “The Court of Appeals expressed the opinion that, since the practice of directing verdicts upon separate counts of a declaration had come into vogue, the effect of section 4694, Thompson's-Shannon's Code, (now T.”
Friar v. Kroger (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “T.C.A. § 20-9-502 provides as follows: If any counts in a declaration are good, a verdict for entire damages shall be applied to such good counts.”
Schleicher v. Founders Sec. Life Ins. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “1986); Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-502 (1994). In the instant case, there was ample evidence to support a finding of negligence on the part of Founders Security under the theory of common law negligence.”
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