Dennis Harold Ultsch v. HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation

This appeal concerns the interplay between the Tennessee Health Care Liability Act (“HCLA”) and the common law on vicarious liability with respect to pre-suit notice in a health care liability claim against the principal only.  We have determined that the provisions of the HCLA take precedence over the common law and that the plaintiff’s claims in this case were timely filed.  Therefore, we reverse the decision of the trial court.