STATE v. PHYSICIANS INS. RISK RETEN. GROUP


921 S.W.2d 176 (1996)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. Elaine A. McREYNOLDS, Petitioner, Vasudev V. Kulkarni, M.D., Appellee, v. UNITED PHYSICIANS INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, Respondent, Jeanne Barnes Bryant, Receiver for United Physicians Insurance, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

April 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renard A. Hirsch, Sr. and Gary M. Kellar, Smith & Hirsch, Nashville, for Appellant.

C.J. Gideon, Jr. and John T. Reese, Gideon & Wiseman, Nashville, for Appellee.


REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the decision of the Court of Appeals nullifying the deadline for reporting medical incidents fixed by the receiver during the liquidation of an insolvent insurance company. This Court finds that the receiver was authorized by statute to terminate coverage and thereby reduce the time allowed for complying with the terms of the policy regarding notice, and that the Court of Appeals erred in allowing the claim for which notice...

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