COX v. M.A. PRIMARY AND URGENT CARE CLINIC

No. M2007-01840-SC-R11-CV

313 S.W.3d 240 (2010)

Melissa Michelle COX v. M.A. PRIMARY AND URGENT CARE CLINIC et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

June 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.J. Gideon, Jr., and Heather Piper-Coke (on appeal), Nashville, Tennessee, and John R. Rucker, Jr. (at trial court), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellants, M.A. Primary and Urgent Care Clinic and Austin Adams, M.D.

Wm. Kennerly Burger and Claire S. Burger, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellee, Melissa Michelle Cox.


OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., GARY R. WADE, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case to address the standard of care that applies to a physician assistant in a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff sued for injuries she allegedly suffered as a result of physician assistant Michael Maddox's failure to diagnose her condition accurately...

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