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WHITE v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

21 S.W.3d 215 (1999)

Margaret White and Murl WHITE, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. The VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, the Vanderbilt University d/b/a Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Hospital, Dan Spengler, M.D., R. Bradley Wyrsch, M.D., Michael Chmell, M.D., and Clement Jones, M.D., Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Certiorari Denied June 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Garrety, Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Garrety, Jackson, TN, Larry D. Ashworth, David E. High, Ashworth & High, Nashville, TN, for plaintiffs/appellants.

H. Lee Barfield, Steven E. Anderson, E. Clifton Knowles, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, TN, for defendants/appellees.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court June 5, 2000.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, Jr., Judge.

This medical malpractice action stems from a rare post-operative complication of back surgery called the cauda equina syndrome. A patient diagnosed with the syndrome filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County alleging that four physicians and the hospital where her back surgery was performed had caused...

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