EDMONDS v. CHAMBERLAIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL


629 S.W.2d 28 (1981)

Nancy Pendleton EDMONDS, as widow and surviving spouse of Terry Allen Edmonds, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHAMBERLAIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Jones, Shockey & Jones, Chattanooga, for plaintiff-appellant.

F. Graham Bartlett, McCampbell & Young, Knoxville, for defendant-appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 15, 1982.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

Plaintiff's suit against the Chamberlain Memorial Hospital for the death of her husband was dismissed by summary judgment.

On appeal, plaintiff insists there are disputed issues of material fact as to whether the hospital was negligent in hiring Dr. M. Dean Loftis as its emergency room physician and whether he was an agent of the hospital while serving as...

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