Commercial / Business Litigation Issues
Goods, Definition of Under the TCPA
Except as indicated, all indented material is copied directly from the court’s opinion.
Decisions of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Milan Supply Chain Solutions F/K/A Milan Express, Inc., v. Navistar, Inc., No. W2018-00084-SC-R11-CV, 627 S.W.3d 125, 141 (Tenn. 2021).
The question of whether the trucks are “goods” under the TCPA requires us to construe statutes. “Statutory construction also is a question of law to which de novo review applies on appeal.” Johnson v. Hopkins, 432 S.W.3d 840, 844 (Tenn. 2013); Fayne v. Vincent, 301 S.W.3d 162, 169 (Tenn. 2009) (“The construction of a statute and its application to the facts of a case are questions of law.”).
Decisions of the Tennessee Court of Appeals