Legal Opinion
Green v. Sacks
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 15, 2001PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KochKoch, J.
in which CAIN, J. and TODD, Sp. J., joined.
This appeal involves a dispute between a patient and her physician regarding the surgical insertion of an Angelchik prosthesis to control a chronic gastric reflux condition. Almost five years after her surgery, the patient filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County against her physician and the Angelchik’s manufacturer. The case was removed to federal court, but the federal proceedings were eventually dismissed after the patient voluntarily dismissed her claims against the manufacturer. After the case was returned to the trial court,…
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