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MILLER v. WILLBANKS

8 S.W.3d 607 (1999)

Wayne MILLER and Elizabeth Ann Miller, Appellants, v. David WILLBANKS, M.D., Hamblen Pediatric Associates, Inc., and Morristown-Hamblen Hospital, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

November 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy Pinkston McCarthy, Dennis M. McCarthy, Knoxville, for Appellants.

Douglas L. Dutton, Amy V. Hollars, R. Franklin Norton, Gary G. Spangler, Knoxville, for Appellees.

OPINION

BARKER, J.

INTRODUCTION

We granted this appeal to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that expert medical or scientific proof of a serious mental injury is required to support the plaintiffs' claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment because the plaintiffs failed to have available expert proof to corroborate their claims of having sustained...

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