SHADRICK v. COKER


963 S.W.2d 726 (1998)

Donald R. SHADRICK and wife, Valerie Shadrick, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Wesley L. COKER, M.D., Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

February 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Thomas Nebel, John B. Carlson, Williams/Nebel & Associates, P.C., Nashville, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Sam B. Blair, Jr., Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Memphis, for Amici Curiae, American Medical Association and Tennessee Medical Association.

Robert T. Trentham, G. Brian Jackson, Trabue, Sturdivant & Dewitt, Nashville, for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this lack of informed consent medical malpractice action, the defendant, Wesley L. Coker, M.D., appeals from the Court of Appeals' reversal of summary judgment entered by the trial court in his favor based on the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations and statute of repose. The issue for our determination is whether the claims of the plaintiffs, Donald Shadrick and Valerie Shadrick, are barred by the one-year...

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