In a health care liability action the pleading filed by the plaintiff may state a demand for a specific sum, but such demand shall not be disclosed to the jury during a trial of the case notwithstanding § 20-9-302 to the contrary.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-117
Plaintiff's demand for specific sum inadmissible during trial
Known as the Therapist Sexual Misconduct Victims Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 29-26-101 to 29-26-210 (22 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (2010)
Most recently applied in Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (September 2010)
Acts 1975, ch. 299, § 16; 1976, ch. 759, § 17; T.C.A., § 23-3416; Acts 2012, ch. 798, § 9.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.