Kilpatrick v. Bryant
| Decision Date | 22 December 1993 |
| Docket Number | No. 02S01-9107-CV-00027,02S01-9107-CV-00027 |
| Citation | 868 S.W.2d 594 |
| Court | Tennessee Supreme Court |
| Parties | Sandra K. KILPATRICK and William Kilpatrick, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James W. BRYANT, M.D., Defendant-Appellee. |
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McCall v. Wilder
...that amounts to a breach of that duty; (3) an injury or loss; (4) cause in fact; and (5) proximate, or legal, cause. Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn.1993); Bradshaw v. Daniel, 854 S.W.2d 865, 869 (Tenn.1993); McClenahan v. Cooley, 806 S.W.2d 767, 774 (Tenn.1991). Our resolut......
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Camper v. Minor
...of general negligence--duty, breach of duty, injury or loss, causation in fact, and proximate, or legal, cause, Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn.1993); Bradshaw v. Daniel, 854 S.W.2d 865, 869 (Tenn.1993)--in order to avoid summary judgment. Furthermore, we agree that in order......
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Cotten v. Wilson
...means "the injury or harm would not have occurred ‘but for’ " the defendant’s negligent conduct." Id. (quoting Kilpatrick v. Bryant , 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn. 1993) ). "The concept of ‘legal cause’ was formerly known as ‘proximate cause.’ It connotes a policy decision made by the judiciar......
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Matsuyama v. Birnbaum
...v. Campbell, 515 So.2d 882 (Miss.1987); Pillsbury-Flood v. Portsmouth Hosp., 128 N.H. 299, 512 A.2d 1126 (1986); Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 602-603 (Tenn.1993); Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hosp., 858 S.W.2d 397, 402-407 (Tex.1993); Jones v. Owings, 318 S.C. 72, 456 S.E.2d 371 (......
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Tennessee. Practice Text
...purchaser has a cause of action under the TTPA. 457. 955 S.W.2d 252 (Tenn. 1997). 458. Id. at 256 n.6; see also Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn. 1993) (stating that the doctrine of proximate cause encompasses the whole panoply of rules that may deny liability for otherwise a......
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Tennessee
...955 S.W.2d 252, 256 n.6 (Tenn. 1997) (in turn quoting Bain v. Wells, 936 S.W.2d 618, 625 (Tenn. 1997)); see also Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 598 (Tenn. 1993) (stating that the doctrine of proximate cause encompasses the whole panoply of rules that may deny liability for otherwise ......
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Toward a Theory of Medical Malpractice
...causation in a malpractice claim is treated no differently than in an ordinary negligence claim . . . .”); Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 603 (Tenn. 1993) (declining invitation to relax the causation requirements for medical malpractice suits in Tennessee). 67. See, e.g. , Reynolds v......
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So You're Telling Me There's a Chance: an Examination of the Loss of Chance Doctrine Under Nebraska Law
...at 373-74 (quoting Cooper v. Sisters of Charity, Inc., 272 N.E.2d 97, 103 (Ohio 1971)). [56]Id. at 374 (quoting Kilpatrick v. Bryant, 868 S.W.2d 594, 602 (Tenn. [57]Id. (citing Kramer v. Lewisville Mem'l Hosp., 858 S.W.2d 397, 405 (Tex. 1993)). [58]Id. [59]Id. at 372-74. [60]Alice Férot, Th......
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