ACUTE CARE HOLDINGS, LLC v. HOUSTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Apr 20, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Samuel P. Funk and Michael R. O’Neill, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Houston County.

Attorneys 2: Robert E. Boston and Taylor J. Askew, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Acute Care Holdings, LLC.

Judge(s): CLEMENT

This appeal follows our remand in Acute Care Holdings, LLC v. Houston Cnty., No. M2018-01534-COA-R3-CV, 2019 WL 2337434 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 3, 2019) (hereinafter “Acute Care I”). The dispute involves the alleged breach by Houston County of a Letter of Intent pertaining to the purchase of a hospital in Erin, Tennessee. On remand, the trial court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Acute Care Holdings, LLC (“Acute Care”), by granting its motion for partial summary judgment on the basis that Houston County breached the Letter of Intent. Thereafter, the trial court entered an Agreed Final Judgment awarding Acute Care a judgment of $1,218,062.63 and prejudgment interest of $730,036.65. This appeal followed. Finding no error, we affirm.