Legal Opinion
Gamble v. Hospital Corp. of America
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 26, 1984PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEWIS, Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether, in a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiff claims injury from negligence in an operation during which a surgical instrument broke and part of the instrument became lodged in plaintiff’s spine, an amended complaint, alleging negligence in a subsequent surgery to remove that part of the broken instrument, relates back to the date of the original pleading.
Dr. Arnold Haber performed back surgery on plaintiff Betty Jean Gamble on June 17, 1981. During the operation the surgical instrument, a pituitary rongeur, used by Dr.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Michelsen v. PenneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- The Snoqualmie Tribe of Indians, on Its Own Behalf, and on Relation of the Skykomish Tribe of Indians v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
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