Legal Opinion
Ham v. Hospital of Morristown, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided July 21, 1995No. 3:94-cv-00172PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JARVIS, Chief Judge.
This diversity action is based upon several negligence theories, all of which have their genesis in Tennessee Code Annotated § 37-1^101, et seq., entitled “Mandatory Child Abuse Reports”. More specifically, plaintiffs allege that this statutory scheme establishes certain duties by physicians and other hospital personnel which defendants breached by: (1) negligently failing to recognize the minor plaintiffs clear symptoms of child abuse; (2) negligently failing to report the minor plaintiffs suspected child abuse to the proper agencies; and (3) negligently…
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