Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 24-7-115 (2026)
Opinions as to medical findings
✓ current as of May 2026
In the trial of any civil suit, there shall be received in evidence if offered on behalf of any party thereto, opinions as to medical findings as a result of treatment or examination of the party, whether such opinions are based on subjective or objective findings; provided such opinions are those of persons otherwise qualified as medical experts. It is declared to be the intent of this section that medical opinions based on subjective findings are no longer to be excluded from evidence whether the opinion is from the treating expert or an expert called in for purposes of examination and evaluation.
Acts 1967, ch. 262, § 1; T.C.A.; § 24-718, T.C.A., § 24-7-114.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2005–2014 · leading case: In The Matter of the Conservatorship of Doris Davenport Doris Davenport, Doris Davenport v. Ruth Adair (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005).
In The Matter of the Conservatorship of Doris Davenport Doris Davenport, Doris Davenport v. Ruth Adair (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 24-7-115 (2003) (emphasis added); see also Johnson v.”
In Re: Anna S. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “Father has not executed a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity pursuant to the provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 24-7-115 , 68-2-203, 68-2-302, and 68-2-305 .”
In Re Conservatorship of Michael S. Starnes (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “We conclude that the legislature did not intend for the reports of physicians and psychologists, which must be filed with the court in conservatorship proceedings pursuant to the statute at issue, to be admitted into evidence in contravention or in lieu of the Tennessee Rules of…”
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