Tenn. Code Ann. § 61-3-403: Limited partnership liable for general partner's actionable conduct

(a) A limited partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person, or for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission, or other actionable conduct, of a general partner acting in the ordinary course of the limited partnership's activities and affairs or with the actual or apparent authority of the limited partnership.

(b) If, in the course of a limited partnership's activities and affairs, or while acting with actual or apparent authority of the partnership, a general partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a general partner, the partnership is liable for the loss.