Legal Opinion
Calaway Ex Rel. Calaway v. Schucker
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 2006PublishedCited by 87 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, C.J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JJ. joined. JANICE M. HOLDER, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, J„ joined.
Pursuant to Rule 23, we accepted four certified questions of law from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The third certified question is the central question of the four and is dispositive of the others: Is the three-year statute of repose for medical malpractice in Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-116, which contains no exception for minority, tolled during a plaintiffs minority? Our…
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