Tennessee medical malpractice lawyers Archives

$8.1M Tennessee Medical Malpractice Verdict For Improperly Treated Infection Leading To Paralysis

July 17, 2025

A Tennessee medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $8.1 million for a man who was 55-years-old when his doctor failed to properly diagnose and treat an infection in his right shoulder that led to him developing a spinal epidural abscess from C2 to T1 that resulted in permanen[...]

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 Supreme Court Affirms Collateral Source Rule Applies In Medical Malpractice Case

August 19, 2024

Background Facts On January 3, 2016, Dr. Mark Flora performed surgery on Robert Crotty to treat a kidney stone. The procedure proved more challenging than expected because part of the kidney stone was reportedly impacted, or embedded into the wall of Mr. Crotty’s ureter. During the surgery, Dr[...]

What Is Tennessee’s Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict?

August 9, 2024

The largest Tennessee medical malpractice verdict was a May 2024 Davidson County jury’s award of almost $47 million ($46,993,500) for now five-year-old Vivian Boughton, who suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of the failure of a hospital to timely deliver her in 2018. Vivian’[...]

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[...]

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Caught On Fire During Medical Procedure

July 26, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Hospital Patient Caught On Fire During Procedure: A Tennessee medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by the wife of a hospital patient who allegedly caught on fire during a medical procedure, after which he died. The wife’s Tennessee medical malpractice wrongful death lawsu[...]

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 Appellate Court Holds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Should Have Been Allowed To Substitute New Expert After Named Expert Refused To Testify

November 1, 2022

Plaintiff Allowed To Substitute Expert After Named Expert Refused To Testify: The Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville (“Tennessee Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion filed on August 10, 2022, “the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow the plaintiff to se[...]

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