[Download] "Jerome Howard Hanover v. Robert M. Ruch" by at Jackson Supreme Court of Tennessee # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jerome Howard Hanover v. Robert M. Ruch
- Author : at Jackson Supreme Court of Tennessee
- Release Date : January 15, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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We are asked to decide whether the common-law tort of criminal conversation should be abolished in Tennessee. The trial court
jury found that the defendant had committed the tort of criminal conversation, and awarded the plaintiff compensatory and
punitive damages. The relevant facts are undisputed. The defendant, Robert M. Ruch, M.D., is a gynecologist. The plaintiff is Jerome Hanover,
whose wife, Sandra Hanover, was Dr. Ruch's patient. The sexual affair between Dr. Ruch and Sandra Hanover began in late October
of 1983, and continued for two years, until November of 1985. Because of the affair and Dr. Ruch's conduct, Jerome Hanover
filed a divorce action against Sandra Hanover to end their 31-year marriage, and a civil complaint against Dr. Ruch, alleging
three causes of action: criminal conversation, alienation of affections, and medical malpractice.