ESTATE OF BELL v. SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH CARE

No. W2008-02213-SC-S09-CV.

318 S.W.3d 823 (2010)

ESTATE OF Joyce BELL et al. v. SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH CARE CORPORATION d/b/a The Regional Medical Center.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

June 24, 2010.

Opinion Denying Rehearing August 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berry Cooper and Carroll C. Johnson, III , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Estate of Joyce Bell, Jonathan C. Bell, and Stephen Bilsky, as Administrator for the Estate and as Guardian Ad Litem for Jonathan C. Bell.

James F. Kyle and Dennis P. Hawkins , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Shelby County Health Care Corporation d/b/a The Regional Medical Center.


OPINION

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

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