TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 26, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that Tennessee’s Health Care Liability Act (HCLA) requires defendants to provide plaintiffs with written notice when plaintiffs sue the wrong defendant but does not provide a penalty or a remedy when defendants fail to comply with the statute. Read the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Bidwell ex rel. Bidwell et al. v. Strait et al., authored by Justice Cornelia A. Clark, as well as the separate concurring opinion authored by Justice Holly Kirby and separate concurring in part and dissenting in part opinion authored by Justice Sharon G. Lee.