Roe v. Jefferson

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The defendant, Dr. David Jefferson, appeals from the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the summary judgment entered by the trial court in his favor in this medical malpractice case. The issue for our determination is whether the plaintiff Jane Roe’s action is barred by the statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-26-116, under the facts of this case.

THE FACTS

In the summer of 1984 Jane Roe was advised by her physician, Dr. Jones Moore, to seek psychological help because he was unable to cure several long-standing physical ailments from…