Tiffany Shockley, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terry Street v. Mental Health Cooperative, Inc.

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• holding that it “is well settled that in interpreting the meaning of a word or phrase in a rule ..., the court may use dictionary definitions”
• holding that it “is well settled that in interpreting the meaning of a word or phrase in a rule or statute, the court may use dictionary definitions”
• noting that the plaintiff sent pre-suit notice to an entity that was neither a health care provider nor a proper defendant
• noting that the plaintiff sent pre-suit notice to an entity that was neither a health care provider nor a proper defendant
• explaining that Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-26-121 does not involve an actual or constructive notice analysis, but it requires an analysis into whether the plaintiff complied with the requirements of pre-suit notice as set forth in the pre-suit notice statute
• finding no extraordinary cause where the pre-suit notice contained a misnomer naming a separate entity instead of the proper defendant

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