RICE v. SABIR


979 S.W.2d 305 (1998)

John L. RICE, Appellee, v. Veronica J. SABIR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Anderson, Shane Usary, David L. Moss, Luther-Anderson, PLLP Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant.

John D. McMahan, G. Brent Burks, McMahan & Associates, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

In this premises liability case, the issue is whether the owner of a house owed a duty of care to warn a contractor of the existence of mildew on the house roof upon which he had been hired to work and from which he fell and was injured.

The trial court granted the owner a summary judgment, concluding that no duty of care was owed because the owner did not hire or authorize the hiring of the contractor and because...

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