Day on Torts
This is Part 3 of my report on medical malpractice case filings in Tennessee. (Click to read Part 1and 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.