Legal Opinion
Mullins v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 2009No. E2007-01113-SC-R11-CVPublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, and GARY R. WADE, JJ, joined.
This appeal involves an application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel to a medical malpractice claim filed with the Tennessee Claims Commission that had earlier been adjudicated in litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The jury in the federal proceeding returned a defense verdict and declined to assign fault to any of the defendant healthcare providers, including a nonparty resident physician…
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