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JESSE BENTLEY V. WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM, ET. AL.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Apr 10, 2014

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Carroll C. Johnson, III and Timothy R. Holton, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jesse Bentley, by and through his next friend and mother, Tonie Bentley.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, Joseph F. Whalen, Assistant Solicitor General, and Stephanie A. Bergmeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Jimmie C. Miller and Meredith B. Humbert, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellee, Wellmont Health System d/b/a Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center.

Charles T. Herndon, IV and Elizabeth M. Hutton, Johnson City, Tennessee, for the appellee, Jeffrey McQueary, M.D.

Andrew T. Wampler, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the appellee, David O. Marden, D.O.

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

This is a health care liability action in which Defendants sought dismissal, claiming that the action was barred by the three-year statute of repose, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-116, as interpreted by Calaway v. Schucker, 193 S.W.3d 509 (Tenn. 2005). Plaintiff alleged that the Court’s interpretation of the statute was unconstitutional as applied to his case. The trial court disagreed and dismissed the case. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

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