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TRUAN v. SMITH

578 S.W.2d 73 (1979)

James A. TRUAN, Petitioner, v. Terry K. SMITH and Roy S. Smith, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.P. O'Neil, O'Neil, Parker & Williamson, Knoxville, for petitioner.

Oliver A. Smith, III, James W. Justice, Knoxville, for respondents.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This is an action by a patient and her husband against a treating physician for damages alleged to have been the result of malpractice by the physician in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The trial court approved a jury verdict awarding the patient, Terry K. Smith, $150,000.00 in damages, and her husband $35,000.00, and entered judgment in accord with the verdict. The Court of Appeals, with one judge dissenting...

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