Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-11-106 (2026)

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This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.

Acts 1968, ch. 575, § 6; T.C.A., § 23-3106.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: Smith v. Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, 995 S.W.2d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
Smith v. Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, 995 S.W.2d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 29-11-101 through § 29-11-106 (1980) is misplaced. The Act applies only to those situations where “two(2) or more persons are jointly or severally hable in tort for the same injury to person or prop *591 erty or for the same wrongful death.”
Katherine Jewell Smith & Jimmie Lewis Smith v. Methodist Hospitals Memphis, Keith G. Anderson, M.D. & The Sutherland Clinic, Inc., F/K/A Cardiology Consultants of Memphis (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 29-11-101 through § 29-11-106 (1980) is misplaced. The Act applies only to those situations where “two(2) or more persons are jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death.”
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