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T. Ryan Malone
Associate
Ryan Malone is an associate in the firm’s litigation group, concentrating his practice on product liability, long term care defense, medical malpractice, and general litigation. While his practice involves all aspects of litigation defense, Mr. Malone focuses on punitive damages jurisprudence, ADR Agreement enforceability, and the Quality Assurance privilege.
Mr. Malone presented a seminar regarding application of Tennessee Health Care Decisions Act in the long-term care setting at a TNAHSA District Meeting and spoke on the use of the Quality Assurance privilege at the T.H.C.A. Annual Convention. He also twice represented the Tennessee Health Care Association in seminal nursing home suits before the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Notable Appellate Decisions
- Estate of French v. Stratford House, E2008-00539SCR11-CV, 2011 WL 238819 (Tenn. Jan. 26, 2011)
- Estate of Mooring v. Kindred Nursing Ctr., 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 11 (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 20, 2009)
- Mitchell v. Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc., 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 676 (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2008)
- Owens v. Nat'l Health Corp., 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 1003 (Tenn. Nov. 8, 2007)
- Prewitt v. Semmes-Murphy Clinic, P.C., et al, 2997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 149 (Tenn. Ct. App. March 23, 2007)
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Chattanooga Bar Association
- Nashville Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Health Care Association
- Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Honors
- Publications Editor, Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law
