Jones v. State
| Docket Number | M2012-02546-SC-S09-CV |
| Decision Date | 23 December 2013 |
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8 cases
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Funk v. Scripps Media, Inc.
...earlier decisions concerning defamation law, we adopt the approach of the Restatement (Second) of Torts section 611. See Jones v. State, 426 S.W.3d 50, 56 (Tenn. 2013) (adopting Restatement (Second) of Torts section 591 as governing the executive and administrative officers' privilege); Sim......
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Edwards v. Commonwealth, SJC-12175
...Ill. 2d 1, 6-11, 349 N.E.2d 385 (1976) (adopting absolute immunity to shield Illinois governor from defamation claim); Jones v. State , 426 S.W.3d 50, 55-56 (Tenn. 2013) (cabinet-level State officials such as commissioner of Department of Correction immune from defamation claims arising fro......
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Burns v. State
...privilege afforded to state officials for statements made in the course of their official duties, as recognized in Jones v. State , 426 S.W.3d 50 (Tenn. 2013), extends to district attorneys general, we determine that the privilege does not apply and accordingly affirm the Commission's judgm......
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Wigington v. Metro. Nashville Airport Auth.
...absolute immunity to defendants in their position—executive appointees to a municipal board. The closest they come is Jones v. State , 426 S.W.3d 50, 56–58 (Tenn. 2013), which extended common law absolute immunity to cabinet-level executive officers acting pursuant to their public duties. (......
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