Legal Opinion
Floyd v. Rentrop
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 20, 1984PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROOKS McLEMORE, Special Justice.
Plaintiffs Ethel T. Floyd and husband, R. Earl Floyd, on March 26, 1981, filed their action against defendants John M. Reisser, M.D., and St. Francis Hospital alleging negligence of the Defendants in leaving a sponge in the body of the plaintiff, Mrs. Ethel Floyd, while she was undergoing an operation on October 2, 1979. The Complaint, which was served on defendant Reisser on March 31, 1981, alleged that plaintiff was discharged from the defendant hospital on or about October 23, 1979, but she continued to have pain, drainage and other symptoms, until…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Osborne Enterprises, Inc. v. City of ChattanoogaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
- Balsinger v. GassTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Turner v. N. C. & St. L. RailwayTennessee Supreme Court · 1955
- Dushan v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
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