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ABSHURE v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE

No. W2008-01486-SC-R11-CV.

325 S.W.3d 98 (2010)

Joann ABSHURE et al. v. METHODIST HEALTHCARE-MEMPHIS HOSPITALS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al H. Thomas and Kenneth R. Besser , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Joann Abshure and Billy Jack Abshure.

William L. Bomar , Buckner P. Wellford , and Jacob A. Dickerson , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals.

OPINION

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

This appeal involves a vicarious liability claim against a hospital based on the conduct of an emergency room physician. A patient and her husband filed a medical malpractice suit in the Circuit Court for Shelby County against a hospital and two physicians, one of whom had treated the patient...

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