Opinion ID: 2103896
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Heading: standard of review

Text: Summary judgment is appropriate where no genuine issues of material fact exist and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Tenn.R.Civ.P. 56.04. We must take the strongest view of the evidence in favor of the non-movant, allow all reasonable inferences, and discard all countervailing evidence. See Byrd v. Hall, 847 S.W.2d 208, 210-11 (Tenn.1993). Our review concerns a question of law only. Therefore, the trial court's judgment is not presumed correct, and our review is de novo on the record before this Court. See Miller v. Willbanks, 8 S.W.3d 607, 608-09 (Tenn.1999); Bain v. Wells, 936 S.W.2d 618, 622 (Tenn.1997).