WPCN *ƪ.v:pҒXҼ[mg{^e3\#Wn2(r =?Jr{QB\Gy2sd< S+h "bpXՒϢylv `U 1ߝ$uXJvWyoIAӌYRp֣BJ@G `nnWXܩ;5YpE=;C|UY%;owl?c0UFJ<" 'Eګ6mp.ڳ "Si[%p"*Nk>PD}hd.*jx` `@E` ttx$% t `     h      p &CockeofClarksdale,MS ` DefendantAppellee.     p ForAppellant    `     h      p  `     h      p BeauchampE.Brogan,General `     h      p Counsel,OdellHorton,Jr.,Associate `     h      p GeneralCounsel,TheUniversityof `     h      p Tennessee `     h      p ForAppellee____________________________________________________________________________ 7  7XXdXXd7  X$nXXX$n  @33%MEMORANDUMOPINION  ##  1      ׈   ___________________________________________________________________________ CRAWFORD,J.  !   ` ThisisamedicalmalpracticecasethatcomestothisCourtfromtheTennesseeClaimsCommission.Plaintiff,AdrianPate,aminorbyandthroughhismotherandnextfriend,MelissaPate,appealstheorderoftheCommissiondismissingthecaseagainsttheStateofTennessee.TheonlyissuepresentedforreviewiswhethertheCommissionabuseditsdiscretionindismissingclaimantscomplaintwithprejudice. ` PlaintifffiledanoticeofclaimwiththeStateofTennessee,DivisionofClaimsAdministration,onJune7,1996,anditwastransferredtotheTennesseeClaimsCommissiononSeptember9,1996.ProceedingsbeforetheCommissionareconductedpursuanttoTennesseerRulesofCivilProcedure.T.C.A.97403(1992). 3 ,,9 TheStatefileditsansweronOctober21,1996.ThenexteventreflectedintherecordistheStatesmotiontodismisspursuanttoTennesseeRulesofCivilProcedure41.02forfailuretoprosecutefiledNovemberNovember17,1997.Claimantsresponsetothemotiontodismisssetsforthnoactiontakenbyclaimantsincethefilingofthecomplaint,noristhereanythingintherecordtoreflectanysuchactiontakenbytheclaimant. ` T.C.A.98402(b)(1992)providesinpertinentpart: Anyclaimuponwhichnoactionistakenbytheclaimantwithinone(1)yearofthefilingdateshallbedismissed. ` Therecordreflectsthatshortlyaftertheclaimwasfiled,theClaimsCommissionerbyletternotifiedcounsel,amongotherthings,oftheabovequotedstatutoryprovision. ` TheresimplyisnothingintherecordbeforeustoindicatethattheCommissionerabusedhisdiscretion.Whenthesanctionofdismissalisexercised,thediscretionaryactionbythetrialcourtwillnotbedisturbedbythisCourtintheabsenceofanaffirmativeshowingthatthetrialjudgeabusedhisdiscretion. Holtv. % Webster ,638S.W.2d391,394(Tenn.App.1982).  '   ` Accordingly,theorderoftheClaimsCommissionisaffirmed,andthiscaseisdismissed.Costsofappealareassessedagainsttheappellant. `     h      p _________________________________ `     h      p W.FRANKCRAWFORD, .''  `     h      p PRESIDINGJUDGE,W.S.  / ((  CONCUR: 1 ** ____________________________________ALANE.HIGHERS,JUDGE  4--  ____________________________________ 6// HOLLYKIRBYLILLARD,JUDGE