Mooney v. Sneed

OPINION

in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether an emergency medical technician is a “health care practitioner” within the meaning of Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-20-310(b) (Supp. 1999) and is therefore not entitled to immunity from liability under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act. We conclude that the appellant emergency medical technicians are “health care practitioners” and are not entitled to immunity. We therefore affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

On June 12, 1993, the minor plaintiff, Alexander Mooney, was a…