Court Opinion

ID: 9768699
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 13:45:03.495759+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:03:14.124442
License: Public Domain

REID, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
The majority correctly acknowledges that residential leases involve a business activity “generally thought suitable for public regulation” and, consequently, “the Legislature of this state has seen fit to regulate this area_” That body has duly considered the matter and has already embarked on an evolving legislative scheme defining the parameters of exculpatory provisions in the context of residential leases. See T.C.A. § 66-28-203. Since the legislature is the primary declarant of public policy, see Hyde v. Hyde, 562 S.W.2d 194,196 (Tenn.1978), and is now involved in limiting the application of exculpatory provisions in residential leases, I would defer to the legislature’s prerogative to continue to declare the public policy in this area of the law. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.