Fitts v. Arms
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtAlan E. Highers, J.
in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., joined.
OPINION
This appeal arises from a medical malpractice proceeding. The trial court granted summary judgment for both physicians, finding that Appellants’ expert affidavits failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact. For the following reasons, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.
Facts and Procedural History
On February 28, 1998, Jesse Randall Fitts, Jr. (“Mr.Fitts”) was involved in a single car accident, which rendered him unconscious and necessitated treatment at Columbia Riverpark Hospital (“River-park”). At…
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