Murphy v. Schwartz

NEARN, Judge (Retired).

In this medical malpractice case, the trial judge granted motion for summary judgment made by the medical doctor defendants and plaintiffs have appealed.

An original defendant, The Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, moved for a severance pursuant to Section 29-20-313 T.C.A., which motion was granted in 1982. Accordingly, the summary judgment in favor of the doctors entered January 30, 1986, was a final judgment appealable as a matter of right under Rule 3, T.R.A.P.

The husband and wife plaintiffs filed suit charging the defendant doctors with medical malpractice…