Court Opinion

ID: 9665109
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:40:28.705031+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:13.115739
License: Public Domain

TODD, Presiding Judge,
Middle Section, concurring.
Concurring in the result reached, I respectfully assert my conviction that, when a Defendant moves for summary judgment the burden of producing evidence to support evidence of every aspect of his case does not pass to the Plaintiff until Defendant has produced or pointed out evidence to negative every aspect of the ease. The burden shifts to the Plaintiff only to contradict the evidence offered or pointed out by Defendant.
Of course, evidence that Plaintiff cannot prove one or more aspects of his case does shift the burden to Plaintiff to show how he can prove such aspects, but proof of such inability must come from Plaintiffs admissions or equally substantive evidence. As stated in Byrd v. Hall, (Tenn.1995), 847 SW2d 208, 213, “a conclusory assertion that the non-moving party has no evidence is clearly insufficient.”