Hailey v. Fowler

OPINION

SANDERS, Presiding Judge

(Eastern Section).

The Plaintiff appeals from a judgment denying his application for a writ of certio-rari and granting Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

In 1988 the Plaintiff-Appellant, Michael Hailey, was employed by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department as a patrolman. *771Sometime in December, 1988, he experienced a blurring of his vision and went to see Dr. David Gerkin, an ophthalmologist. Dr. Gerkin determined Mr. Hailey had an irreparable vision impairment in his left eye as a result of scarring of the retina. Dr. Gerkin referred him to Dr. John Hoskins,…