| Examining Tennessee's collateral source rule. | |
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PMID: 19024250 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The common law collateral source rule was established to prevent the defendant from benefiting from their wrongful actions. Despite a trend in the United States to limit the effects of the collateral source rule, the rule remains in force in courts of the State of Tennessee. However, to assist with the malpractice crisis, the legislature prohibited this rule by statute in regards to the Medical Malpractice Act. Although this statutory prohibition of the collateral source rule worked to lessen verdicts in malpractice cases after passage, the availability of consortium damages resulting from Jordan v. Baptist Three Rivers Hospital in 1999 has worked to drive verdicts substantially higher. Regardless the Medical Malpractice Act has been held as constitutional and has been clarified through several recent Tennessee court decisions. |
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Authors:
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Judith Regan; Edward Hadley; William M Regan |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Tennessee medicine : journal of the Tennessee Medical Association Volume: 101 ISSN: 1088-6222 ISO Abbreviation: Tenn Med Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-21 Completed Date: 2009-01-06 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609310 Medline TA: Tenn Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 39-40 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA. |
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Compensation and Redress
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legislation & jurisprudence Humans Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / legislation & jurisprudence Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence* Tennessee |
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