Lammert, 572 S.W.3d at 173; see also, e.g., RLI Ins. Co. v. Conseco, Inc., 543 F.3d 384, 391 (7th Cir. 2008) (holding that release for claims "in any way related to" securities litigation was broad but that expansiveness did not create ambiguity); Weatherly v. Eastman Chem. Co., 2023 WL 5013823, at *5 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2023) (characterizing the statutory definition of "asbestos action" as "broad" because it included all claims "arising out of, based on or related to the health effects of exposure to asbestos" (emphasis added) (citation omitted)).

Under Tennessee law, a trespass claim consists of: “(1) an intentional entry or holdover (2) by the defendant or a thing; (3) without consent or legal right.” Weatherly v. Eastman Chem. Co., No. E202201374COAR3CV, 2023 WL 5013823, at *10 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2023) (citation omitted).

Weatherly v. Eastman Chem. Co., No. E2022-01374-COA-R3-CV, 2023 WL 5013823, at *9 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2023) (quoting Roane Cnty. v. Jacobs Eng'g Grp., Inc., No. 3:19-cv-206-TAV-HBG, 2020 WL 5836553, at *7 (E.D. Tenn. Sept. 30, 2020)). “As for the doctrine of respondeat superior, it ‘renders employers vicariously liable for the torts their employees commit while acting within the scope of their employment.'” Chrisman v. SP Title, LLC, No. M2022-00944-COA-R3-CV, 2023 WL 4630876, at *12 (Tenn. Ct. App. July 20, 2023) (quoting Tenn. Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Am. Mut. Liability Ins. Co., 840 S.W.2d 933, 937 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992)).

Under Tennessee's doctrine of negligence per se, a plaintiff is required to establish that: "(1) [the] defendant violated a statute or ordinance which imposes a duty or prohibits an act for the benefit of a person or the public; (2) the injured party was within the class of persons whom the legislative body intended to benefit and protect; and (3) the negligence was the proximate cause of the injury." Weatherly v. Eastman Chem. Co., No. E2022-01374-COA-R3-CV, 2023 WL 5013823, at *9 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2023). The doctrine extends to, "violations of regulations and ordinances as well as statutes."