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Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-102 (2024)

Limitation on amount of recovery

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The recovery shall be limited to the actual damages in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in addition to taxable court costs.

Acts 1957, ch. 76, § 2; 1969, ch. 170, § 2; 1976, ch. 408, § 2; 1981, ch. 161, § 2; T.C.A., § 37-1002.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: Lavin v. Jordon, 16 S.W.3d 362 (Tenn. 2000).
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Lavin v. Jordon, 16 S.W.3d 362 (Tenn. 2000). · cites it 20× “More specifically, we granted this appeal to determine whether Tennessee Code Annotated section 37-10-103(a) represents a codification of the common law tort allowing unlimited damages, or whether section 37-10-103(a) merely sets forth the circumstances under which parents may…”
Claudia Henneberry & husband, Scott Henneberry v. John (Randy) Simoneaux & wife, Mrs. John (Randy) Simoneaux, No. M2005-02032-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2006). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-102 (2005). -3- which states, “any person .”
Jodi McClay v. Airport Mgmt. Servs., LLC - Concurring, 596 S.W.3d 686 (Tenn. 2020). · cites it 2× “Perhaps the General Assembly will revisit the issue of whether the statutory cap on damages contained in section 37-10-102 provides an adequate and sufficient remedy.”
Jodi McClay v. Airport Mgmt. Servs., LLC, No. M2019-00511-SC-R23-CV (Tenn. Feb. 26, 2020). “at 365 (quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-10-102 ).3 In Lavin, we expressed our “distaste” for the result compelled by the statute, which prevents plaintiffs with damages exceeding the cap from being made whole, but acknowledged that it was within the legislature’s authority to enact…”
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