William Jerome Bradshaw, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Chalmers B. Daniel, Jr., M.d., Defendant-Appellee

Summary

The Tennessee Supreme Court held that a physician who treats a patient with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever owes a legal duty to warn the patient’s non‑patient family members of the risk of exposure, even though the disease is not contagious. The Court also reversed the intermediate appellate court’s exclusion of the physician’s trial testimony, directing that the entire record be considered on appeal.