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ROMEASHEA SPRINGFIELD v. DARWIN ETON, M.D. ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 3, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Regina A. Guy, Memphis, Tennessee, and Sheila F. Campbell, North Little Rock, Arkansas, for the appellant, Romeashea F. Springfield.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan R. Martin, Jeffrey L. Griffin, and William L. Brantley, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Darwin F. Eton.

Attorneys 3: Christopher L. Vescovo and Rachel McCallister, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Shelby County Healthcare Corporation, and UT Regional One Physicians, Inc.

Judge(s): ARMSTRONG

In this healthcare liability case, appellant/patient appeals the trial court’s grant of appellee/doctor’s Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12.02 motion to dismiss and its grant of appellee/doctor’s employer’s Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12.03 motion for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court held that appellant failed to comply with the pre-suit notice requirements found in Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-26-121. As such, the statute of limitations barred appellant’s claims against the doctor. Having granted the doctor’s motion to dismiss, the trial court applied the common-law, operation-of-law exception to dismiss appellant’s vicarious liability claims against the doctor’s employer. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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