The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts has released data on HCLA (medical malpractice) cases in Tennessee for the one-year period ending June 30, 2025. Data for other torts is summarized here.
Here are the highlights:
- There were 324 HCLA cases filed in the year.
- A total of 384 cases were disposed of during the year.
- Of the cases that were disposed of, 23 of the cases went to trial (15 jury, 8 nonjury). There is no statewide reporting of the number of cases that were dismissed on summary judgment or under Rule 41. Last year 21 HCLA cases went to trial.
- The total damages awarded in HCLA case was $9,777,134, down about 60% from a year earlier ($21,108,215) but higher than the years between 2017 and 2023.
- These are the counties with HCLA trials (jury trials unless indicated otherwise):
- Washington – 1
- Knox – 1
- Bradley – 1
- Hamilton – 7 (6 non-jury)
- Franklin – 1
- Coffee – 1
- Bedford – 1
- Montgomery – 1
- Davidson – 2
- Madison – 2 (1 jury, 1 non-jury)
- Obion – 1
- Shelby – 4 (3 jury, 1 non-jury)
- The defense prevailed in all but 3 cases.
- The plaintiff prevailed in two cases in Shelby County. The verdicts totaled $9,230,000.
- The plaintiff prevailed in one case in Davidson County. The verdict totaled $347,134.