GRIFFITH v. GORYL

No. M2011-02730-COA-R3-CV

403 S.W.3d 198 (2013)

Brenda GRIFFITH, Next of Kin of Decedent, Bob Griffith v. Dr. Stephen GORYL and Upper Cumberland Urology Associates, P.C.

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

October 31, 2012.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court February 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Galligan , Susan N. Marttala , and John P. Partin , McMinnville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Brenda Griffith, next of kin of decedent, Bob Griffith.

Daniel H. Rader III , Lane Moore , and Daniel H. Rader IV , Cookeville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Dr. Stephen Goryl.


OPINION

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., and RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined.

In this medical malpractice and wrongful death action, the plaintiff alleges the defendant physician, a urologist, failed to timely diagnose and treat the decedent's bladder cancer which caused his death. At the close of the plaintiff's case in chief, the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The trial court...

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