April 4, 2001
Volume 7 -- Number 061

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00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Panel
01 New Document(s) or Proposed Rule(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court
01 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Appeals
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Attorney General (PDF format)
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Lucian T. Pera
Editor-in-Chief, TBALink

IN RE: Amendment to Supreme Court Rule 7, Section 6.04
ORDER
Court:TSC - Rules                          

Judge: PER CURIAM

First Paragraph:

Supreme Court Rule 7, Section 6.04 is amended by deleting the section
in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

6.04    Certificate of Good Moral Character

An applicant seeking admission to practice law in Tennessee must
include with the application a certificate from the dean or
supervising authority of any Tennessee law school from which the
applicant graduated indicating that to the best of its knowledge and
belief the candidate has demonstrated such reputation and character in
the opinion of the law school indicates no reasonable basis for
substantial doubt that the applicant would adhere to the standards of
conduct required of attorneys in this state and that the law school
has provided full and complete information requested by the Board of
Law Examiners regarding the character and fitness of the candidate.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_Rules/rule7sec6_04.ord.wpd





BOBBY J. EVERETT, et al. v. B. GORDON McCALL, M.D.
Court:TCA

Attorneys: 

Donna Keene Holt and David E. Waite, Knoxville, Tennessee and Rebecca
C. McCoy, Sevierville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Bobby J. Everett,
Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Edith Mae Everett.

Wynne C. Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellee, B. Gordon
McCall, M. D.                         

Judge: INAMAN

First Paragraph:

The complaint in this medical malpractice case was dismissed on motion
for summary judgment.  The plaintiff filed a Rule 56.07 Response to
the motion, requesting additional time within which to take the
defendant's deposition for the purpose, inter alia, of ascertaining
his thought processes during the 27-day period he treated the
plaintiff for a gastroenterological condition which ended in her
death.  The request for additional time was denied, and the motion for
summary judgment was granted because the affidavit of the defendant
was not countervailed.  The judgment is reversed.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/everettbj.wpd

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