SAN JUAN-TORREGOSA v. GARCIA


80 S.W.3d 539 (2002)

Pelilia SAN JUAN-TORREGOSA, et al. v. Engracia Torregosa GARCIA, Romulo G. Garcia, Roel T. Garcia, Ronald T. Garcia, Imelda Garcia-Margulies, and Zerlina Garcia-Waldrop, and St. Mary's Hospice Center and Randall E. Nichols, Esq.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section, at Knoxville.

May 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant, Engracia Torregosa Garcia, by and through the Guardian Ad Litem, Gerald L. Gulley, Jr.

David T. Lewis, Knoxville, Tennessee, for St. Mary's Health System, Inc., d/b/a St. Mary's Hospice Center.

Kenneth W. Holbert, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.*


Publish under Rule 11(b)(1) and (2), no appeal was taken and the mandate issued by agreement of the parties.

OPINION

HERSCHEL PICKENS FRANKS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HOUSTON M. GODDARD, P.J., and D. MICHAEL SWINEY, J., joined.

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