BENTON v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY


137 S.W.3d 614 (2004)

Larry Eugene BENTON v. The VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

June 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle J. Schwarz and Ashlee B. Ellis, Memphis, Tennessee, and Phillip L. Davidson, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Larry Eugene Benton.

Robert J. Walker, John S. Bryant, and Clisby Hall Barrow, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellee, The Vanderbilt University.


Heard at Charlotte.1

OPINION

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

We granted this appeal to determine whether a third-party beneficiary who seeks to enforce a contract between a hospital and an insurance carrier may be bound by an arbitration provision...

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