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Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Saving Statute Did Not Save Refiled Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

March 11, 2025

On August 15, 2013, Clayton D. Richards was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (“VUMC”) to undergo a medical procedure. Mr. Richards remained at VUMC until August 29, 2013, at which point he was discharged to a different hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation facility with bilateral lo[...]

Tennessee Federal Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Fails Because Plaintiff Failed To Follow Expert Rule

May 27, 2024

Oral Moore sued for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for medical malpractice by physicians at the Memphis Healthcare Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He sustained floppy glans and a shortening of penile length from a surgical implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis. The[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Juror Misconduct

May 2, 2024

Chayce Collier (“Chayce”), a minor, by and through his parent and next friend, Kendall Collier (“Plaintiff”), sued Periclis Roussis, M.D. (“Dr. Roussis”), Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (“the Hospital”) (“Defendants,” collectively) in the [...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Provides Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs With Partial Win On Noncompliance With Medical Authorization Requirement

January 26, 2024

On November 7, 2019, Plaintiff Laura S. Christie was admitted to Defendant Baptist Memorial Hospital d/b/a Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (“Baptist”) for the birth of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Christie (“Elizabeth”). Because Elizabeth was in the breech position, Baptist engaged Defend[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Claim Filed Too Late

August 7, 2023

Medical Malpractice Claim Filed Too Late: The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in its unanimous opinion filed on May 9, 2023 that a Tennessee medical malpractice claim brought by a Williamson County couple against a county hospital must be dismissed because it was filed too late. Walton and Phyllis Cun[...]

Kentucky Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Kentucky Supreme Court Held Medical Review Panel Act Unconstitutional

January 10, 2023

Medical Review Panel Act in Kentucky ruled Unconstitutional: On July 28, 2017, Kendrick Bell, Jr. was admitted to Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Room (ER) for a drug overdose. The Hospital discharged Bell following treatment. However, Bell was returned to the ER later that day. After s[...]

Tennessee Appellate Court Affirms Hospital Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Nonemployee Physicians

January 9, 2023

Hospital Not Liable For Negligent Acts Of Nonemployee Physicians: The Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) removes immunity from liability when an injury is caused by the negligent actions of governmental employees acting within the scope of their employment. Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-205[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed To Provide Pre-Suit Notice To Proper Employer

February 20, 2021

James Bidwell (the plaintiff) filed his Tennessee medical malpractice action individually and on behalf of his deceased wife, Clarissa Bidwell, and her estate against Drs. Timothy Strait and Jeffrey Colburn (“the physician Defendants”) and the entities he believed to be their employers—The Neu[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of VA Medical Malpractice Action Decided Prior To Precedential Ruling

October 26, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its unpublished opinion filed on August 26, 2020, affirmed the dismissal of a medical malpractice wrongful death case involving the Veteran’s Administration filed pursuant to the Federal Tort C[...]

Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Unlicensed Doctor Unqualified To Testify In Medical Malpractice Case

June 12, 2020

In its opinion filed on April 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Supreme Court”) held that “under Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-115(b), a doctor, who was permitted to practice medicine in Tennessee under a statutory licensure exemption but wa[...]

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[...]

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