HB0108 - Tennessee - Civil Procedure

Companion Bill SB0143. Civil Procedure - Enacts the "Diana Acklen Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 44, Chapter 8, Part 4. Fiscal Summary for HB0108 / *SB0143 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0108 / *SB0143 This bill imposes liability on a dog's owner for damages suffered by a person who is injured by the dog while in a public place or lawfully in or on private property, including the property of the dog's owner. This liability would attach regardless of whether the dog has shown any past or present propensity for viciousness or whether the dog's owner had knowledge of the dog's viciousness. The dog's owner would not be liable under this bill if: (1) The dog is a military or police dog, the injury occurred during the course of the dog's [...]

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