Legal Opinion
Truan v. Smith
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1979PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Justice.
This is an action by a patient and her husband against a treating physician for damages alleged, to have been the result of malpractice by the physician in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The trial court approved a jury verdict awarding the patient, Terry K. Smith, $150,000.00 in damages, and her husband $35,000.00, and entered judgment in accord with the verdict. The Court of Appeals, with one judge dissenting, concluded there was material evidence to support the verdict of the jury and that no prejudicial error was committed, either in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- City of Chattanooga v. BallewCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1961
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- Ball v. Mallinkrodt Chemical WorksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
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3Cited by61 opinions
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