Legal Opinion
Elliot H. Himmelfarb, M.D. v. Tracy R. Allain
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 2012No. M2010-02401-SC-S10-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANICE M. HOLDER, J„
delivered the opinion of the Court, in which
CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., and GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
A patient discovered that a guide wire had been left in her vein during a prior medical procedure. She filed a medical malpractice action against the doctors who performed the procedure and the hospital where the procedure was performed. The patient voluntarily dismissed the medical malpractice suit pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 41 when she was informed that another party was responsible for the presence of the…
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