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HANOVER v. RUCH

809 S.W.2d 893 (1991)

Jerome Howard HANOVER, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Robert M. RUCH, M.D., Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Gerber, Deborah Godwin, Memphis, for defendant/appellant.

Al H. Thomas, Memphis, for plaintiff/appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

We are asked to decide whether the common-law tort of criminal conversation should be abolished in Tennessee. The trial court jury found that the defendant had committed the tort of criminal conversation, and awarded the plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages.

The relevant facts are undisputed. The defendant, Robert M. Ruch, M.D., is a gynecologist. The plaintiff is Jerome Hanover, whose wife, Sandra Hanover, was Dr...

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