Legal Opinion

St. Martin v. Doty

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided December 13, 1972PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEARN, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case where directed verdicts were entered for defendants. Plaintiffs have appealed and cited as error the action of the Trial Judge in directing the verdicts.

On May 15, 1970, plaintiff Jean Q. St. Martin filed her suit against Dr. Robert D. Doty and Holston Valley Community Hospital, Inc. which alleged that on June 9, 1969, she was hospitalized at the defendant hospital, for purposes of surgery to be performed by her private physician, defendant Doty; that Dr. Doty performed a hysterectomy on plaintiff and that Dr. Doty and the nurse employees of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Poole v. First Nat. Bank of SmyrnaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946
  2. Rural Educational Association v. BushCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1956
  3. Redwood v. RaskindCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961
  4. Harrison v. WilkersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1966
  5. French v. FischerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Bowman v. HenardTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Zichichi v. Middlesex Memorial HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  3. Stokes v. LeungCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. Kennedy v. HolderCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  5. Lois Sawyer and David Sawyer v. Methodist HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975

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