Pam Barnett v. Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and ANDY D. BENNETT, J., joined.

This medical malpractice action, which had been pending for several years, was summarily dismissed because the plaintiff did not file a response to the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the plaintiffs only expert witness admitted she was not qualified to opine concerning the standard of care at issue, and the statute of limitations had run. Upon motion of the defendants pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 54.04(2), the trial court…