Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-38-101 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Drug Dealer Liability Act."
Acts 2005, ch. 377, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Comm'r of Revenue for the State of Tennessee, 291 S.W.3d 873 (Tenn. 2009).
Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Comm'r of Revenue for the State of Tennessee, 291 S.W.3d 873 (Tenn. 2009). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-38-101, -116 (Supp.2008).”
Jared Effler v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (Tenn. 2020). “Although market liability has in some cases been shown to have a harmful effect on 2 Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 29-38-101 to -116. 3 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina,…”
Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Comm'r of Revenue for the State of Tennessee - Concurring/Dissenting (Tenn. 2009). “5 In 2005, the United Nations estimated that the drug trade generates more than $300 billion in retail sales which exceeds the gross domestic product of 88% of the world’s countries. It also estimated that the United States accounted for 44% of all retail drug sales.”
Jared Effler v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (2019). “A number of Tennessee district attorneys (“the District Attorney Plaintiffs”), as well as two minor children through their guardian ad litem (“Plaintiffs,” all together), sued certain drug manufacturers (“Manufacturer Defendants”) and others in the Circuit Court for Campbell…”
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