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HANCOCK v. CHATTANOOGA-HAMILTON CTY. HOSP.

54 S.W.3d 234 (2001)

Timothy P. HANCOCK, et al. v. The CHATTANOOGA-HAMILTON COUNTY HOSP. AUTHORITY, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Koontz and John D. McMahan, Chattanooga, TN, for the plaintiffs-appellants, Breanna Hancock, Timothy P. Hancock, and Tina M. Hancock.

Arthur P. Brock, Daniel M. Stefaniuk, and Robert Boehm, Chattanooga, TN, for the defendant-appellee, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, d/b/a T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital.

Arthur P. Brock, John B. Bennett, Stephany Skaggs Pedigo, and Timothy J. Millirons, Chattanooga, TN, for the defendant-appellee, Kenneth Platt, M.D.

OPINION

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

We granted appeal to determine 1) whether filial consortium losses are recoverable in wrongful death actions; and 2) whether the medical malpractice statute of repose, Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-26-116, bars the plaintiffs' amendment to the complaint to include consortium damages...

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