BRUCE v. HAMILTON


894 S.W.2d 274 (1993)

Mary Suddoth BRUCE, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Ralph S. HAMILTON, M.D., and Ralph F. Hamilton, M.D., Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied May 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Lee, Law Offices of J.D. Lee, Knoxville, for appellant.

Michael G. McLaren, L. Mitchell Glasgow, Memphis, for appellees.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 5, 1994.

HIGHERS, Judge.

The trial court at Shelby County dismissed plaintiff Mary Suddoth Bruce's medical malpractice complaint against defendant opthalmologists, Dr. Ralph S. Hamilton and Dr. Ralph F. Hamilton, holding that the three-year statute of repose in Tennessee's Medical Malpractice Act barred plaintiff's cause of action. The primary issue...

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