Legal Opinion
Estate of Martha S. French v. Stratford House
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 2011No. E2008-00539-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 109 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, J.
CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., filed a separate opinion dissenting in part.
The administratrix of the estate of the deceased brought this wrongful death suit against the defendant nursing home and its controlling entities, alleging damages as the result of ordinary negligence, negligence per se, and violations of the Tennessee Adult Protection Act. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment, holding that the Tennessee Medical Malpractice Act applied to the ordinary negligence claims,…
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