· 5/31/1991
Housh v. Morris
Citations
- 818 S.W.2d 39
- 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 393
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that when the plaintiff experienced unanticipated complications, she “certainly knew or discovered that she had a cause of action based on lack of informed consent because she had not been told that these risks may occur”
- “Basically, fraudulent concealment will be shown where the physician had knowledge of the wrong done and concealed such information from the patient.”
- “Basically, fraudulent concealment will be shown where the physician had knowledge of the wrong done and concealed such information from the patient.”
- “A cause of action based on the lack of informed consent stems from the basic premise that a patient should be allowed to form an intelligent choice about the surgical and/or treatment procedures that he/she undertakes.”
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Judges: Farmer, Tomlin, Crawford
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