Franchisor’s Home Inspector Owed No Duty To Third Party, Tennessee High Court Says

(December 18, 2017, 9:46 AM EST) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The majority of the Tennessee Supreme Court on Nov. 21 determined that a franchisor’s home inspector owed no duty of care to a homeowner’s guest who was injured after falling off the homeowner’s deck, which was inspected by the franchisee, because the franchisee owed a duty of care only to the homeowner (Charles Grogan v. Daniel Uggla et al., No. M2014-01961-SC-R11-CV, Tenn. Sup., 2017 Tenn. LEXIS 725)....