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PHELPS v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

520 S.W.2d 353 (1974)

Mrs. Claude Emmett PHELPS, Individually and as widow of Claude Emmett Phelps, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Certiorari Denied February 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nolan, III, Lester, Hildebrand, Nolan, Lane Underhill, Mondelli, Flynn & Porter, J.L. Thompson, III, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank C. Gorrell, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, for defendant-appellee.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court February 3, 1975.

OPINION

SCHRIVER, Presiding Judge.

In this cause the widow of Claude Emmett Phelps, who died on September 26, 1968, seeks to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband on the ground that his death resulted from, or was proximately contributed to, by the negligence of the doctor who waited on him and who was an agent and employee of the defendant, Vanderbilt University.

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