U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997

Deanna L. Free v. Peter G. Carnesale, M.D.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided April 9, 1997 · Kennedy, Nelson, Godbold

110 F.3d 1227; 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6534; 1997 WL 162735 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

L. Anthony Deal, Memphis, TN and Charles Merkle (argued and briefed), Merkle & Cocke, Clarksdale, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant., J. Kimbrough Johnson (argued arid briefed), Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

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Eimers v. Valmont Industries, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Tennessee 2021)
Faulkner v. MX Sports, Inc. (District Court, M.D. Tennessee 2025)
In re New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation (District Court, D. Massachusetts 2017)

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