SHOCKLEY v. MENTAL HEALTH COOPERATIVE, INC.

No. M2013-00494-COA-R3-CV

429 S.W.3d 582 (2013)

Tiffany SHOCKLEY, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry Street v. MENTAL HEALTH COOPERATIVE, INC.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 4, 2013.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court February 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton L. Kelly , Henderson, Tennessee, and Thomas Boyers, V. , Gallatin, Tennessee, for the appellants, Tiffany Shockley , Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry Street.

Wendy Lynne Longmire and T. William A. Caldwell , Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Mental Health Cooperative, Inc.


OPINION

J. STEVEN STAFFORD, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

The trial court dismissed Appellant's medical malpractice and wrongful death case for failure to comply with the pre-suit notice requirement found in Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-26-121(a). Appellant's pre-suit notice contained a misnomer, naming the Appellee's fundraising entity, rather than Appellee, as the proper...

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