The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that a minor can sue to recover medical expenses paid to treat injuries received by the minor as a result of the negligence of another. Although most of us (at least those of us who represent plaintiffs) have thought this was probably the…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(1) (2000) provides a one year statute of limitations in personal injury cases (the shortest such statute in the nation). However, Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-1-106 (2000) creates two exceptions to the rule; it provides as follows: "[i]f the person entitled to commence an action is, at the…