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KING v. BETTS

No. M2009-00117-SC-R11-CV.

354 S.W.3d 691 (2011)

Dorothy KING et al. v. Virginia BETTS et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore , Solicitor General; John W. Dalton , Senior Counsel, for the appellants, Virginia Betts, Lynn McDonald, Dr. Lindsey Douglas, and Glynda Heinicke.

William J. Haynes, III , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Patricia Battle.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

This appeal involves the assertion of the qualified immunity defense in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2008) action filed in state court. A registered nurse employed at a state psychiatric facility publicly disagreed with a change in the facility's procedures for administering prescription medications at night and on the weekend...

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