SMITH v. GORE


728 S.W.2d 738 (1987)

Becky Ann SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur GORE, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Gilreath, Donna R. Davis, Gilreath & Associates, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward G. White, II, Jonathan H. Burnett, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for Arthur Gore, John David and James Alexander.

Darryl G. Lowe, Lowe & Shirley, Knoxville, for the University of Tennessee Memorial Hosp.

Jack B. Draper, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Knoxville, for Gynecol, Inc.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

Permission to Appeal from a Rule 9, T.R.A.P., interlocutory opinion of the Court of Appeals has been granted in this case to address an issue of first impression in Tennessee. That issue concerns the scope of damages recoverable by a plaintiff in an action for wrongful pregnancy. In its present interlocutory posture, the issue is necessarily limited and the allegations of Plaintiff's Complaint are thus taken as true for the narrow...

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