The Risk Management Department operates within the City's Human Resource Department. This department handles the City's workers' compensation, liability and property insurance. The City of Franklin is a governmental entity as defined in the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act. The tort liability of municipalities and other local governmental entities is determined under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act - Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) Chapter 20. This Act, passed in 1973 by the Tennessee General Assembly, is an attempt to balance the needs of injured persons to recover for injury or damage caused by the negligent acts of a local government and the needs of local governments to provide and of their citizens to receive public services, with unduly burdensome litigation and taxes. One of the most important provisions of the Act is the section that grants absolute immunity to local governments and then creates exceptions to this immunity making them liable for certain actions or inactions, based on negligence.
Citizen Claims
Information on submitting a liability claim against the City of Franklin may be obtained by contacting the Risk Management office in City Hall at (615)791-3277 or clicking on the citizen claim form link below. If you access the link below, please fill out completely and mail to the address listed.
Citizen Claim Form
The City of Franklin is enrolled in the Tenant User Liability Insurance Program (TULIP) offered through the National League of Cities (NLC). This allows citizens or vendors to use City of Franklin property and facilities. It is a general liability policy written in the name of the tenants and/or users of the City of Franklin facility or venue. It allows the "user" to secure cost effective liability insurance that provides protection for you as well as the City of Franklin. The ID code for the City of Franklin is 0501-BM5. To connect to the TULIP website, please click here.
Rodney Escobar, Risk Manager
109 3rd Avenue South Suite 102
Franklin, TN 37064
P: (615)791-3277
F: (615)791-3278
Email Rodney
Links
TML Risk Management Pool
Public Risk Management Association
TN OSHA
TN Department of Transportation