Legal Opinion
Faulks v. Crowder
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 5, 2002PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · SwineyD. Michael Swiney, J.
in which HOUSTON M. GODDARD, P.J., and HERSCHEL P. FRANKS, J., joined.
When this medical malpractice suit was originally filed, counsel for Sheryl Faulks and Bruce Zabower (“Plaintiffs”) instructed the court clerk not to have process served. Process was not reissued until approximately nine months later. When process was reissued and served via certified mail, Plaintiffs failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 4.03(2) pertaining to return of the service of process. Three of the four Defendants then were nonsuited, but a new lawsuit against these Defendants was filed. The lawsuits…
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- Frye v. Blue Ridge Neuroscience Center, P.C.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2002
- Goss v. HutchinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
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