Legal Opinion
Holliman v. McGrew
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 5, 2009No. W2008-00907-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · StaffordJ. Steven Stafford, J.
in which DAVID R. FARMER, J., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.
This is a wrongful death action brought under a theory of medical malpractice. The trial court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, finding that Plaintiffs filed their complaint after the one-year statute of limitations had expired. After careful review, we find that Plaintiffs had notice of their claim no later than February 27, 2003, and their lawsuit was not timely filed. The ruling of the trial court is affirmed.
Background
In December 2002, Dr. Frank McGrew, a licensed physician and cardiologist, diagnosed…
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