Legal Opinion

Jones v. MORRISTOWN-HAMBLEN HOSPITAL ASS'N

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 19, 1979PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This case presents a question of application of the Medical Malpractice Review Board and Claims Act, codified at T.C.A. § 23-3401, et seq.

Franklin N. Jones, husband and next of kin of Daphne Ann Seals Jones, deceased, brought suit for damages for the wrongful death of his wife against Dr. Eugene Rut-land and the Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association, Inc. Following a hearing and arguments by counsel, the circuit judge granted the defendants’ joint motion for summary judgment finding the plaintiff’s cause of action barred by the three-year maximum limitations period of…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Coombes v. GetzSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Teeters v. CurreyTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Harrison v. SchraderTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Gibbes v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Withnell v. Ruecking Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Kochins v. Linden-Alimak, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  2. Roach v. Edge (In Re Edge)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1986
  3. Jennifer Kay Brumit Mathis and Her Husband, Barry L. Mathis, Plaintiffs v. Eli Lilly and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
  4. Kochins v. Linden-Alimak, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
  5. Mills v. WongTennessee Supreme Court · 2005

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