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CUNNINGHAM v. WILLIAMSON CNTY. HOSP. DIST.

No. M2011-00554-SC-S09-CV

405 S.W.3d 41 (2013)

Walton CUNNINGHAM et al. v. WILLIAMSON CNTY. HOSP. DIST. d/b/a Williamson Med. Ctr. et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

May 9, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Essary and James Charles Sperring , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Williamson Co. Hospital District d/b/a Williamson Medical Center, Karen Christopher, Charla Atkins, Camela McCullough, and Cary Ralph.

Elizabeth Sara Tipping , Johnathan H. Wardle , and Philip Norman Elbert , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Walton Cunningham and Phyllis Cunningham.

Arthur P. Brock and William J. Rieder , Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority.

OPINION

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

A husband and wife filed a claim against a county hospital alleging that the negligence of the hospital and its employees caused the death of their son. The claim was filed approximately fifteen months after their son's death in accordance with the provisions of the Tennessee Medical Malpractice...

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