Legal Opinion
Eddie C. Pratcher, Jr. v. Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2013No. W2011-01576-SC-S09-CVPublishedCited by 62 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ„ joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., filed a dissenting opinion.
The primary issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the Tennessee health care liability statute of repose, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-26-116(a)(3) (2012) (“the statute of repose”), is an affirmative defense under Tenn. R. Civ. P. 8.03, that is waived if not raised in a timely manner. Sandra Y. Jones Pratcher died following complications that arose on December 4, 1999, when she received anesthesia before undergoing a cesarean section. On December 1,…
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