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CHAMBERS v. SEMMER

197 S.W.3d 730 (2006)

Mary Jane CHAMBERS, et al. v. John R. SEMMER, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

July 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary G. Spangler and Travis J. Ledgerwood, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, John R. Semmer, M.D.

Edward G. White, II, and B. Chase Kibler, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Kenneth Cofer, M.D.

Timothy A. Priest and H. Stephen Gillman, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellees, Mary Jane Chambers and J. Clayton Chambers.

OPINION

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

We granted review in this medical malpractice case to determine whether a hemoclip that is intentionally used but negligently placed and negligently left in a patient's body following surgery may be considered a "foreign object" that establishes an exception to the one-year statute...

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