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àà À à)Ð Ð  Ð____________________________________)ÌÌÌà0  àà ° àà@55'ì(#(#àòòOPINIONóóó óˆÐ à ÐÌÓÓÓ  Óà  àPlaintiff/Appellant€Tracy€Meadows€Henry€has€Appealed€for€the€Judgement€of€Trial€CourtÏœgrantingñõñ€ñõññöñ€ñöñDefendantððs,›€Metropolitan€Government€of€Nashville,€Davidson€County€Tennessee€d/b/a€St.ÏLukes€Public€Health€Clinic€(€Metro)€Motion€for€Summary€Judgement€and€Dismissal€of€herÏComplaint.Ìà  àIn€her€Complaint,€Plaintiff€alleged€that€Metro,€through€its€operation€of€St.€Lukes,€violatedÏthe€relevant€standard€of€care€by€failing€to€timely€inform€her€of€the€laboratory€results€of€her€1993€papÏsmear.€€Plaintiff€also€alleged€that€Metro€was€negligent€in€that€it€failed€to€properly€maintain€patientÏrecords€at€St.€Lukes€and€that€this€negligence€led€to€the€failure€of€Metro€to€inform€Plaintiff€that€theÏ1993€pap€smear€was€positive€for€cancer.Ìà  àOn€appeal€Plaintiff€presents€two€issues,€the€first€of€which€is:Ìà  àœ1.€€Did›€the€[trial]€court€err€in€granting€Defendantððs€Motion€for€Summary€Judgement€basedÏupon€a€finding€that€Plaintiff€could€show€no€œcompensible›€physical€injury.Ìà  àPlaintiff€correctly€argues€that€the€results€of€the€pap€smear€should€have€been€brought€to€theÏattention€œñ÷ñ:ñ÷ñof›€the€nurses€at€the€clinic€and€the€Plaintiff€should€have€been€informed€of€the€results€of€herÏtest€in€July€œ1993ñøñ"ñøñ.›€€Defendants€do€not€deny€this€allegation.€€Following€the€subsequent€pap€smear€inÏOctober€œ1994,ñùñ€ñùññúñ€ñúñPlaintiff›€was€operated€on€for€the€removal€of€the€cancer€and€the€procedure€in€1994€wasÏthe€same€as€it€would€have€been€if€the€operation€had€been€performed€in€1993,€a€year€earlier€when€theÏreport€results€of€the€first€pap€smear€were€erroneously€filed.Ìà  àThe€undisputed€testimony€is€that€there€was€no€medical€reason€to€find€that€Plaintiff€sufferedÏany€greater€physical€pain€because€the€surgery€was€delayed.€€There€is€no€evidence€of€recurrence€of€Ð ;`6: ÐPlaintiffððs€cancer€as€of€the€filing€of€the€brief€some€four€years€subsequent€to€the€surgery.€€PlaintiffððsÏphysician€Dr.€Charles€W.€Harlan€testified€there€was€only€a€slight€possibility€that€the€delay€of€surgeryÏfrom€July€1993€from€November€1994€will€increase€a€chance€Plaintiff€will€develop€cancer€in€theÏfuture.€€There€is€no€evidence€in€this€record€that€as€a€result€of€Metros€negligence€Plaintiff€suffered€anyÏphysical€injury€or€pain.Ìà  àThe€record€taken€as€a€whole€shows€no€genuine€issue€as€to€any€material€fact.€€The€defendantsÏare€therefore€entitled€to€judgement€as€a€matter€of€law.€€Berry€vs.€Whitworth€(576€S.W.€2d€351,€352ÏTenn€1978)€see€also€T.R.C.P.€56.Ìà  àDr.€Harlan€testified€there€was€only€a€possibility€not€a€probability€that€the€delay€œin€the›Ïtreatment€in€Plaintiffððs€cancer€increased€a€possibility€of€a€recurrence.Ìà  àMetro€argues€that€there€are€no€material€facts€to€be€determined€and€argues€that€from€the€recordÏit€is€clear€that:Ìà  à1.à ` àPlaintiffððs€pap€smear€taken€in€July€1993€was€positive€for€cervical€cancer,€in€situ€,€butÐ 0€ Ðdue€to€clerical€error,€results€were€not€communicated€to€her€until€October€1994.Ìà  àœ2.ñññà ` àññññòñ€€ñòñThe›€surgery€performed€on€November€1,€1994€was€the€same€procedure€that€would€haveÏbeen€performed€in€1993.Ìà  à3.€œñóñà ` àñóññôñ€€ñôñThe›€surgery€performed€in€1994€was€apparently€successful€because€Plaintiff€has€had€noÏsign€of€a€recurrence€of€cancer€since€the€1994€operation.€€The€record€shows€that€at€the€present€thereÏis€only€a€3%€òòð ðpossibilityðð€but€not€a€probabilityóó€(emphasis€is€ours)€that€the€delay€in€treatment€couldÐ p&À!$ Ðcause€cancer€to€redevelop.Ìà  àThe€material€facts€taken€as€a€whole€leads€to€but€one€conclusion;€the€Plaintiff€has€not€claimÏfor€physical€damages.€€Kilpatrick€vs.€Bryan€(868€S.W.€2d€594,€603€Tenn€1993).ÌÓÓà  àThe€Judgement€of€the€Trial€Court€is€affirmed,€with€cost€of€appeal€assessed€to€PlaintiffÏAppellant.ÌÓHÓà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àÓÓò òÌó óÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÐ °1-0 Ðà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àà p àSamuel€L.€Lewis,€Special€JudgeÌÌÌòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÐ p5À04 ÐHouston€Goddard€P.J.ÌÌÌòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÐ 09€48 ÐDon€McMurry,€Judge