Legal Opinion
Parker v. Vanderbilt University
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 23, 1988PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action against multiple defendants. Plaintiff Richard 0. Parker emerged from surgery with severe brain damage and has since remained in a coma. After the trial judge dismissed the doctors, their hospital-employer, and the director of anesthesia services for the hospital where the accident occurred, the plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal as to the other defendants. This appeal followed.
During the evening of June 17, 1984, plaintiff Richard 0. Parker was shot in the back with a small caliber handgun as he tried to escape from an…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Bowman v. HenardTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Collins v. HandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Taylor v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Sparger v. Worley Hospital, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1977
- McConnell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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- Tappe Ex Rel. Tappe v. Iowa Methodist Medical CenterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
- Lewis v. Physicians Insurance Co. of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 2001
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