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UPDATE ON RECOVERABLE MEDICAL EXPENSES IN TENNESSEE PERSONAL INJURY CASES
This is an update of a previous post on this site dated June 8, 2016, entitled "The Recovery of Medical Expenses in Personal Injury Cases - Is the Traditional Rule About to Change?" We now have the answer: no. On November 17, 2017, in Dedmon v. Steelman, No. W2015-01462-SC-R11-CV, the Tennessee Supreme Court decided a "hot" issue regarding recoverable medical expenses in Tennessee personal injury cases: the plaintiff continues to be able to prove, through expert medical t