Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-101 (2026)
Title
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act."
Acts 1973, ch. 345, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-3301.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 260
cases (33 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: Limbaugh v. Coffee Med. Ctr., 59 S.W.3d 73 (Tenn. 2001).
Limbaugh v. Coffee Med. Ctr., 59 S.W.3d 73 (Tenn. 2001). “The court found that CMC, a governmental entity, [4] is subject to the Governmental Tort Liability Act ("GTLA"), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-20-101 to -407 (1999), which waives governmental immunity from suit for any injury resulting from its tortious acts subject to the statutory…”
Doyle v. Frost, 49 S.W.3d 853 (Tenn. 2001). “In responding to the Doyles’ motion, the trial court found that Hospital District was a governmental entity for the purposes of the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA), codified at Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-20-101 to 407 (2000).”
Sallee v. Barrett, 171 S.W.3d 822 (Tenn. 2005). “Acts ch 345, codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-101 et seq. (2000).”
Ezell v. Cockrell, 902 S.W.2d 394 (Tenn. 1995). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-20-101, et seq. In the wake of these statutes, the public duty doctrine has come under criticism from some commentators who view the doctrine as governmental immunity under another guise.”
C. Wesley Fowler as Adm'r Ad Litem of the Est. of Frank Jackson v. City of Memphis, 514 S.W.3d 732 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “Defendants filed separate answers to the complaint, both invoking governmental immunity pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-20-101, et seq. Specifically, Defendants’ answers denied that they had either actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition at issue.”
Guy v. Mut. of Omaha Ins. Co., 79 S.W.3d 528 (Tenn. 2002). “However, we need not address whether a governmental entity, normally not subject to punitive damages under the Governmental Tort Liability Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-20-101 et seq., see also Tipton County Bd.”
Hughes v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 340 S.W.3d 352 (Tenn. 2011). “On August 19, 2004, Dalton Reb Hughes (the “Plaintiff’) and wife Sandra Hines Hughes filed suit under the Governmental Tort Liability Act (“GTLA”), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-20-101 to -408 (2000 & Supp.”
Jenkins v. Loudon Cnty., 736 S.W.2d 603 (Tenn. 1987). “Application for Permission to Appeal was granted to determine whether the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, T.C.A. §§ 29-20-101, et seq. (GTLA), supercedes T.”
Lindgren v. City of Johnson City, 88 S.W.3d 581 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “Suit was filed under the Governmental Tort Liability Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-101 et seq., which basically codifies the common law obligations of owners and occupiers of property embodied in premises liability law, which generally requires the exercise of ordinary care and…”
Est. of Bell v. Shelby Cnty. Health Care Corp., 318 S.W.3d 823 (Tenn. 2010). “[3] Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-20-101 to -408 (2000 & Supp.”
Mowdy v. Kelly, 667 S.W.2d 489 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “Plaintiffs sued defendant Talmage Kelly (Kelly), Road Superintendent of Wayne County, Tennessee, and defendant-appellant Wayne County, Tennessee, under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, T.C.A. § 29-20-101 et seq., and alleged they were injured and their automobile…”
Collier v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div., 657 S.W.2d 771 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “Both defendants, City of Memphis (the City) and Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division (MLG & W), have appealed and several questions concerning municipal liability under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-101 et seq. (1980), and the common law…”
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