GRAY v. FORD MOTOR CO.


914 S.W.2d 464 (1996)

Josie GRAY, Administratrix of the Estate of Peggy M. Bush, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant, Springfield Surgery, P.C. and Sarbjeet S. Kumar, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Swann, Springfield, TN, Stephen L. Swann, Arlington, VA, Nella McCall, Franklin, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

E. Blake Moore, John B. Bennett, Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Amicus Curiae.

Ward DeWitt, Jr., Mary Ellen Morris, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, for Defendants-Appellees.


OPINION

REID, Justice.

Pursuant to Rule 23, Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Court has accepted for decision the following question of law certified by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals:

Whether principles of comparative fault should apply in Tennessee medical malpractice actions so as to result in the apportionment of damages between the estate of a decedent who acted negligently in causing an initial injury and a physician who...

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