Personal Injury Law

Tennessee Medical Malpractice Filings 2010 -Part 3

By John Day

This is Part 3 of my report on medical malpractice case filings in Tennessee.  (Click to read Part 1 and Part 2.)  Here are the case filings for some of the larger counties in the state for the year ended September 30, 2010:

County                                                          

Shelby                         88                                   

Davidson                    67     

Knox                           27   

Hamilton                    17        

Rutherford                 11        

Montgomery                4      

Washington                 9      

Sullivan                       10         

Maury                           4         

Sumner                        8        

Anderson                    7           

Wilson                          2         

Dickson                       1          

As of the end of October, 2010, 55 counties had no medical malpractice cases filed in the 12 months preceding September 30, 2010 and seventeen counties only had 1 medical malpractice case filed in the period.

I will share Part 4 of the series tomorrow.

Full post as published by Day on Torts on October 31, 2010 (boomark / email).