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SUTPHIN v. PLATT

720 S.W.2d 455 (1986)

Patsy SUTPHIN, Appellant, v. Dr. John P. PLATT and Dr. Page Powell, Appellees, and W.J. Michael Cody, Attorney General & Reporter for the State of Tennessee, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob McD. Green, Johnson City, for appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Stephen Nunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for intervenor.

Francis L. Lloyd, Jr., H. Wayne Graves, J. Paul Coleman, Johnson City, for appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The issue presently before this Court is whether the requirement of Tennessee's Medical Malpractice Review Board and Claims Act of 1975, T.C.A. § 29-26-101 et seq., that a medical expert witness be a licensed practitioner in Tennessee or a contiguous state violates the due process and/or equal protection rights of a party proferring a medical expert from a non-contiguous state. Because there is a conceivable rational basis...

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