2014 Tennessee Code
Title 37 - Juveniles
Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Part 1 - Liability of Parent or Guardian for Acts of Juveniles
§ 37-10-101 - Recovery for injury or damage by juvenile.

Any municipal corporation, county, town, village, school district or department of this state, or any person, or any religious organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall be entitled to recover damages in an action in assumpsit in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in a court of competent jurisdiction from the parents or guardian of the person of any minor under eighteen (18) years of age, living with the parents or guardian of the person, who maliciously or willfully causes personal injury to such person or destroys property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to such municipal corporation, county, town, village, school district or department of this state or persons or religious organizations.