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The “Unsound Mind” Exception to the Statute of Limitations

Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1) (2000) provides a one year statute of limitations in personal injury cases (the shortest such statute in the nation).  However, Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-106 (2000) creates two  exceptions to the rule; it provides as follows: "[i]f the person entitled to commence an action is, at the…

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