Legal Opinion
In Re NHC-Nashville Fire Litigation
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 21, 2008No. M2007-00192-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KirbyHolly M. Kirby, J.
in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.
This appeal involves a news organization’s access to documents subject to a protective order. A fire occurred at a Nashville nursing home, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. The fire spawned over thirty lawsuits against the nursing home, which were consolidated for discovery and trial. To facilitate discovery and mediation, the trial court issued a series of protective orders which restricted the disclosure of all unfiled discovery materials and ordered that any discovery materials filed with the court be…
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