Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Greenview Hospital, Inc.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 2009No. M2007-00633-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.
This appeal involves the propriety of Tennessee’s courts exercising general personal jurisdiction over a Kentucky corporation. The Kentucky corporation and other Tennessee parties were named as defendants in a medical malpractice action filed in the Circuit Court for Davidson County. The trial court granted the Kentucky corporation’s motion for summary judgment on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction, and the Court of…
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