WARE v. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

No. 01S01-9408-CV-00078.

898 S.W.2d 181 (1995)

Timothy A. WARE, Plaintiff, v. MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Reid Estes, Jr., Stewart, Estes & Donnell, Nashville, for plaintiff.

Robert L. Jones and G. Brian Jackson, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for amicus curiae Larry Pullen.

Leroy Cain, Jr., Russell B. Ennix, Petway, Blackshear, Cain & Ennix, Nashville, TN, for defendant.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The plaintiff, Timothy Ware, appeals from the Court of Appeals' ruling, which reduced the $75,000 judgment awarded him by the Davidson County Circuit Court to $25,000. The issue presented for our determination can be stated as follows: in a case appealed from the general sessions court to the circuit court and subjected to de novo review, is the longstanding common-law rule limiting plaintiff's recovery in the circuit court...

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