White v. Vanderbilt University

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, Jr., Judge.

This medical malpractice action stems from a rare post-operative complication of back surgery called the cauda equina syndrome. A patient diagnosed with the syndrome filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County alleging that four physi-' dans and the hospital where her back surgery was performed had caused her permanent injury by negligently failing to monitor, diagnose, and treat her post-operative condition. The trial court granted summary judgment for one physician and directed verdicts for two others, and a jury returned a verdict for the…