Former Knox County property assessor candidate Jackie Raley has taken a Knox County deputy and the sheriff’s office to court, saying a wreck on Tazewell Pike left her with injuries to her head, neck, shoulder, and ribs. Her civil complaint, filed March 27 in Knox County Circuit Court, alleges the crash happened in 2025 and names Deputy Robert “Bob” Caldwell and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office as defendants. Raley is seeking unspecified damages tied to medical treatment and pain and suffering.
What the lawsuit says
In the filing, Raley says Caldwell, identified as a Knox County deputy, was driving his personal vehicle when he pulled out in front of her car, triggering a collision that sent her to the emergency room. The complaint lays out the injuries she says she suffered and the follow-up care she required, according to Knoxville News Sentinel.
Legal hurdles for suing a deputy and the county
Tennessee’s Governmental Tort Liability Act generally waives governmental immunity when an injury is proximately caused by an employee’s negligent act, but it also…..