ESTATE OF AMOS v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY


62 S.W.3d 133 (2001)

ESTATE OF Julie AMOS, et al. v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abby R. Rubenfeld, Nashville, Tennessee, A. Bruce Jones, Patricia Dean, and Stephen Masciocchi, Denver, Colorado, for the appellants, Estate of Julie Amos and Ronald Amos.

John S. Bryant and Steven E. Anderson, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Vanderbilt University, Inc. d/b/a Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

R. Sadler Bailey and C. Philip M. Campbell, Memphis, Tennessee, for the amicus curiae, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted appeal in this case to determine whether the special proof requirements of Camper v. Minor, 915 S.W.2d 437, 446 (Tenn.1996), extend to all negligence claims in which damages for emotional distress are sought as an item...

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