· 6/29/1990
Burris v. Ikard
Citations
- 798 S.W.2d 246
- 1990 Tenn. App. LEXIS 443
How courts have described this case
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- holding that felt “pledgets” placed in a patient’s body to support sutures used in the closure of the patient’s lung were not foreign objects so as to toll the statute of limitations because they were purposely placed there with the intention that they remain permanently
- holding that felt \pledgets\ placed in a patient's body to support sutures used in the closure of the patient's lung were not foreign objects so as to toll the statute of limitations because they were purposely placed there with the intention that they remain permanently
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Judges: Tomlin, Western, Crawford, Highers
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