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· 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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