Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-510 (2026)
Submission of exhibits to jury
✓ current as of May 2026
The trial judge in civil cases may, in the judge's discretion, on motion of either party, upon the judge's own motion or on request by the jury, submit all exhibits admitted in evidence to the jury for the jury's consideration during deliberations on the jury's verdict.
Acts 1976, ch. 792, § 1; T.C.A., § 20-1332.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–1984 · leading case: Fletcher v. Coffee Cnty. Farmers Coop., 618 S.W.2d 490 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981).
Fletcher v. Coffee Cnty. Farmers Coop., 618 S.W.2d 490 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981). “T.C.A. § 20-9-510. 7 This statute does not impose upon a trial judge in a civil case the absolute duty of submitting the exhibits to the jury during deliberation.”
Duvall v. Jones, 671 S.W.2d 851 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984). “T.C.A. § 20-9-510. The issue is thus narrowed to the proposition of whether the trial judge abused his discretion in permitting the jury to have the depositions of the two doctors during their deliberations.”
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