Legal Opinion
Whittemore v. Classen
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 16, 1991PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TODD, Presiding Judge.
The defendant, Kenneth L. Classen, M.D., has appealed from a judgment against him and in favor of the plaintiff, Gladys Marie Whittemore for malpractice. A jury verdict of $650,000 was reduced by the Trial Judge to $350,000.
The Case
Gladys Marie Whittemore and her husband, Walter D. Whittemore, sued Nashville Memorial Hospital, Inc., Kenneth Clas-sen, M.D., Hill Radiology Associates, P.C. and C.Y. Ryu, M.D. Mrs. Whittemore sued for $300,000 and Mr. Whittemore sued for $50,000 upon facts briefly summarized as follows.
Mrs. Whittemore entered the hospital for surgical…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Majestic v. Louisville & NR Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- Allen v. MeltonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- Searle v. BryantTennessee Supreme Court · 1986
- McPeak v. Vanderbilt University HospitalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
- Perkins v. Park View Hospital, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Bennie Joe Poteet, II, Individually and by and Through Evelyn Poteet, as Conservator of Bennie Joe Poteet, II v. National Healthcare of Cleveland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2011
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