Health Care Law Section

This section works to further the knowledge of its members in federal, state and local health care law. The section also sponsors the nationally known annual Health Law Forum, as well as the primer course for attorneys new to the health law practice.

Chair
Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell...
PO Box 1147
Jackson, TN 38302
(731)423-2414
Immediate Past Chair
The University of Tennessee Health...
66 N. Pauline Street, Suite 428
Memphis, TN 38105
(901)448-5615
Vice-Chair
Miller & Martin PLLC
832 Georgia Ave Ste 1000
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423)756-6600

New Meningitis Suit Filed in Nashville Court

An 86-year-old Nashville woman has become the fourth victim of the fungal meningitis outbreak to file suit against Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgical Center, The Tennessean reports. In a complaint filed late last week, attorneys for Virginia Neely allege that she was sickened after getting two injections of a tainted spinal steroid. She is seeking $3 million in compensatory damages. Neely previously sued the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for shipping the tainted medicine. That suit, however, has been put on hold because the company has filed for bankruptcy. Neely’s suit is expected to be sent to Judge Joe P. Binkley Jr., who already is handling the three previously filed cases.

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Legal Aid Partners with HIV Charity

Legal Aid of East Tennessee – through its Erlanger Health Law Partnership and Pro Bono Project – recently hosted a clinic at Chattanooga CARES. This first-of-its-kind clinic helped HIV-positive individuals take control of the legal aspects of their health by drafting powers of attorney and wills. Pro Bono Project Director Charlie McDaniel said the event was the first in a series of “Health Empowerment Clinics” that will take place in the city. For more information contact Legal Aid at (423) 756-4013.

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