Tennessee Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 3 of 7

Tennessee Appellate Court Finds No Fraudulent Concealment, Applies Statute Of Repose To Medical Malpractice Claim

June 6, 2020

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 11, 2020 in a Tennessee medical malpractice case, “Based on the undisputed facts, we conclude that Ms. Tucker’s claims against these defendants are barred by the statut[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds Statute Requiring Courts To Order Ex Parte Interviews Of Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs’ Non-Party Treating Healthcare Providers Is Unconstitutional

March 23, 2020

In its opinion filed on February 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) held: “By removing any and all discretion from the trial courts in the decision to grant protective orders, the legislature, in its enactment of Tennessee Code Annotat[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds $750,000 Cap On Noneconomic Damages

February 28, 2020

The Supreme Court of Tennessee, in its opinion filed on February 26, 2020, held “that the statutory cap on noneconomic damages in Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-39-102 does not violate the right to trial by jury, the doctrine of separation of powers, or the equal protection provisions of [...]

$15.1M Federal Birth Injury Verdict For Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

February 21, 2020

On January 28, 2020, a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Nashville Division filed her Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in a birth injury medical malpractice case filed against the United States, awarding the child $15,153,488 in compensa[...]

U.S. Expands Efforts To Fight Opioid Epidemic To Unscrupulous Dispensing Pharmacies

February 22, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed on February 8, 2019 a civil complaint filed in the Middle District of Tennessee against two pharmacies, their owner, and three pharmacists, to stop them from dispensing controlled substance medications, including powerful opioids that have been linked to abuse[...]

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Receives Medicare/Medicaid Termination Notice

December 5, 2018

The Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Atlanta Regional Office (“CMS”) has provided written notice that “effective December 9, 2018, the agreement between Vanderbilt University Medical Center … and the Secretary of Healt[...]

Tennessee Nursing Home Agrees to Pay $500,000 To Resolve Claims Of Worthless Services

March 5, 2018

A Memphis, Tennessee nursing home has agreed to pay $500,000 to the United States and the State of Tennessee to resolve allegations of false claims to Medicare and Tenncare for services rendered to residents that were materially substandard, worthless, and were provided in violation of certain essen[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

March 1, 2018

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Jackson (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 9, 2018 in a Tennessee medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her claim on the basis of the expiration of the statute of limitations and the[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Says Physician’s Handshake May Or May Not Be Medical Care

December 30, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 19, 2017 that “[a]ccepting [the plaintiff’s] allegations as true and allowing [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we cannot conclude that [[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Responsible For Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency

December 13, 2017

In its opinion filed on November 8, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) affirmed that the defendant hospital was responsible for a share of the $750,000 verdict the Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned in favor of the plaintiff, holdi[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Decides Claim Involving Injury To 86-Year-Old In ICU Caused By Hot Coffee Was A Health Care Liability Claim

October 31, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on September 28, 2017 that the trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging that an 86-year-old patient who was recovering from surgery in the intensive [...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Discusses Sudden Emergency Doctrine In Health Claim Liability Birth Injury Case

October 3, 2017

In its opinion filed on September 18, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Knoxville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) reversed the defense win in a Tennessee health care liability case (i.e., medical malpractice case) involving the death of a twin shortly after birth, holding that the[...]

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