Court Opinion

ID: 9774876
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:36:54.525041+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:16.396090
License: Public Domain

TODD, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
With great respect and deference to the authorities and reasoning upon which the conclusion of the majority is based, I must register my disagreement with what I consider to be an unjust result.
The record reflects that the defective wiring was installed without the knowledge or consent of the defendant-landlord before the enactment of the city code which, according to the majority, made the landlord an insurer of the safety of the premises. This is contrary to the long established law of landlord and tenant in this State. Maxwell v. Davlo Corp. of Tenn., Tenn.App. 1989, 776 S.W.2d 528, and authorities cited therein.
The facts of this case are tragic and regrettable, but were the result of negligence of a person unknown without concurrence of negligence of any party to this case.
The judgment should be reversed and the case dismissed.