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SEAVERS v. METHODIST MED. CENT. OF OAK RIDGE

9 S.W.3d 86 (1999)

Berdella Vaughn SEAVERS & Eddie Thomas Seavers, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Opinion Denying Rehearing December 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Ann Rowland, Knoxville, Janet Edwards, Knoxville, for Appellants.

Robert W. Knolton, Oak Ridge, for Appellee.

R. Sadler Bailey, Philip M. Campbell, R. Hunter Cagle, Trial Lawyers Association, for Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

WILLIAM M. BARKER, Justice.

We granted this appeal to address whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, as codified at Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-115(c), is applicable in medical malpractice cases where the plaintiffs must rely upon expert testimony to prove the elements of causation, standard of care, and that the injury does not ordinarily occur in the absence of negligence. Upon review...

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