Opinion ID: 2331217
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Text: The existence or nonexistence of a duty owed to the plaintiff by the defendant is a question of law to be determined by the court. Staples v. CBL & Associates, Inc., 15 S.W.3d 83, 89 (Tenn.2000); Rice v. Sabir, 979 S.W.2d 305, 308 (Tenn.1998); Bradshaw v. Daniel, 854 S.W.2d 865, 869-70 (Tenn.1993); Lindsey v. Miami Dev. Corp., 689 S.W.2d 856, 858 (Tenn.1985). Our review of this question of law is de novo upon the record, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party (the plaintiff), allowing all reasonable inferences and discarding all countervailing evidence. Bradshaw, 854 S.W.2d at 870.