BLANCHARD v. KELLUM


975 S.W.2d 522 (1998)

Frances BLANCHARD, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Arlene KELLUM, D.D.S., Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Ryan, III, Memphis, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

George P. Bailey, Memphis, for Defendant/Appellee.


OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

The issues with which we are confronted are: (1) whether expert testimony is required in a medical battery case when a doctor performs an unauthorized procedure; and (2) whether the defendant's affidavit in the case now before us triggered the non-movant's burden pursuant to McCarley v. West Quality Food Serv., 960 S.W.2d 585 (Tenn.1998), and Byrd v. Hall, 847 S.W...

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