Day on Torts
The Tennessee General Assembly passed several bills that became law effective July 1, 2010. One of those is Public Chapter 752. The legislation revises a deadline for a special definition of governmental entities in governmental tort liability cases against governmental entities in Shelby County. The legislation was designed to protect The Med in Memphis from litigation. The special definition was supposed to expire in 2011. The deadline has been removed and the special definition will apply to all tort cases filed after July 1, 2003.
Note: the Tennessee Supreme Court has declared a portion of the earlier act unconstitutional to the extent that it applied to injuries occurring before July 1, 2003 but impact the rights of plaintiffs who filed after July 1, 2003. The case is Estate of Bell v. Shelby County Health Care Corporation, W2008-02213-SC-S09-CV (Tenn. June 24, 2010).