Kimberly Powell v. Community Health Systems, Inc.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE September 3, 2009 Session KIMBERLY POWELL v. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. ET AL. Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals, Eastern Section Chancery Court for Bradley County No. 05285 Jerri S. Bryant, Chancellor No. E2008-00535-SC-R11-CV - Filed May 24, 2010 This appeal involves the evidentiary privilege in the Tennessee Peer Review Law of 1967 [

Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-6-219

(Supp. 2009)]. A former hospital employee filed suit in the Chancery Court for Bradley County against the hospital and an orthopaedic surgeon on the hospital’s medical…