This is Part 3 of my report on medical malpractice case filings in Tennessee. (Click to read Part 1 and Part 2.) Here are the case filings for some of the larger counties in the state for the year ended September 30, 2010:
County
Shelby 88
Davidson 67
Knox 27
Hamilton 17
Rutherford 11
Montgomery 4
Washington 9
Sullivan 10
Maury 4
Sumner 8
Anderson 7
Wilson 2
Dickson 1
As of the end of October, 2010, 55 counties had no medical malpractice cases filed in the 12 months preceding September 30, 2010 and seventeen counties only had 1 medical malpractice case filed in the period.
I will share Part 4 of the series tomorrow.