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CRONIN v. HOWE

906 S.W.2d 910 (1995)

Nancy M. CRONIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John W. HOWE, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold L. Becker, John D. Lockridge, Jr., Scarlett A. Beaty, Lockridge & Becker, Knoxville, for Appellant.

Randall L. Kinnard, Kinnard & Clayton, Nashville, Steven R. Walker, Memphis, for amicus curiae, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.

Edward G. White, II, Wayne A. Kline, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for Appellee.

Robert E. Parker, Garrett E. Asher, Parker, Lawrence, Cantrell & Dean, Nashville, for amicus curiae, The Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Tennessee savings statute1 operates to save a medical malpractice action which was initially filed within the three-year statute of repose, but which was voluntarily dismissed and refiled beyond the three-year statute of repose.2 We hold that it does. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause remanded to...

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