JACKSON v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE

No. M2011-00582-COA-R3-CV.

383 S.W.3d 497 (2012)

Sandi D. JACKSON v. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, INC., d/b/a Centennial Medical Center et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

April 18, 2012.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court August 16, 2012.

Published Pursuant to Tenn. R. S. Ct. 4(D).


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip L. Davidson , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Sandi D. Jackson.

C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Dixie W. Cooper and Brian P. Manookian , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., d/b/a Centennial Medical Center and d/b/a/ Hendersonville Medical Center.

Phillip North , J. Eric Miles and Lauren Smith , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Joseph Magoun, M.D., Claude L. Ferrell, L.D., Jonathan Grooms, CRNA, Anesthesia Medical Group, P.C., Louis Brusting, III, M.D., and the Heart and Vascular Team, P.L.L.C.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; Joseph F. Whalen , Associate Solicitor General; and Stephanie A. Bergmeyer , Assistant Attorney General, for the intervenor, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., and ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, SP. J., joined.

This appeal arises from the dismissal of a medical malpractice action due to the plaintiff's failure to provide a certificate of good faith. All defendants filed Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12.02(6) motions to dismiss the medical malpractice action based upon Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-26-122(a), which...

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