BURACZYNSKI v. EYRING


919 S.W.2d 314 (1996)

Beveraly BURACZYNSKI and Stanley Parker, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Edward J. EYRING, M.D. et al., Defendants/Appellees. Carolyn BRIDGES, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Edward J. EYRING, M.D. et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Mikel Dixon, Knoxville, for Appellants.

Alan M. Parker, Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron P.C., Knoxville, for Appellees.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

In this consolidated appeal, we are asked to decide whether an agreement between a physician and a patient to submit to arbitration "any existing or thereafter arising controversy" is applicable to a medical malpractice dispute and enforceable under the Tennessee Arbitration Act.

The trial court denied the physician's motions to compel arbitration in each of two separate medical malpractice actions on the grounds...

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