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"Made-Whole" Made Fair: A Proposal To Modify Subrogation In Tennessee Tort Actions, John A. Day Jan 2014

"Made-Whole" Made Fair: A Proposal To Modify Subrogation In Tennessee Tort Actions, John A. Day

Belmont Law Review

This Article proposes the adoption of the “Modified Made-Whole Doctrine Proposal." Part I begins by explaining the roots of the law of subrogation rights and its current jurisprudential inconsistencies. It also explores the relationship between such subrogation rights and the made-whole doctrine in the context of Tennessee tort law as well as how this doctrine would be applied in Tennessee today. Part II briefly outlines some of the general questions regarding Tennessee’s current application of the made-whole doctrine, particularly the unresolved issues surrounding the impact of comparative fault on subrogation rights. These are questions which the author’s suggested Proposal is …