ALSIP v. JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER


197 S.W.3d 722 (2006)

Jennifer Lynn ALSIP et al. v. JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Brewer and Leslie A. Muse, Morristown, Tennessee, for the appellants, Jennifer Lynn Alsip, Rebecca Dawn Alsip, and Geraldine Alsip.

Jeffrey M. Ward, Greeneville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Louis Modica, M.D., and Medical Education Assistance Corporation d/b/a ETSU Physicians and Associates.

Randall J. Phillips, Jackson, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.

Melanie M. Stewart, C. Michael Becker, Germantown, Tennessee, and James M. Beck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association.

William B. Hubbard, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Hospital Association.

David L. Steed and Jay N. Chamness, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Medical Association.


OPINION

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

Pursuant to Rule 11 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, we accepted this appeal to clarify the meaning of our holding in Givens v. Mullikin, 75 S.W.3d 383 (Tenn.2002), as it relates to a trial court's tailored discovery order in a...

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