FREE v. CARNESALE

No. 96-5001.

110 F.3d 1227 (1997)

Deanna L. FREE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter G. CARNESALE, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Anthony Deal, Memphis, TN and Charles Merkle (argued and briefed), Merkle & Cocke, Clarksdale, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

J. Kimbrough Johnson (argued and briefed), Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: KENNEDY, NELSON, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GODBOLD, J., joined. NELSON, J. (p. 1233), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff Deanna Free appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Dr. Peter Carnesale. Plaintiff contends that it was error for the District Court to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of comparative fault because defendant...

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