(September 1, 2017, 1:53 PM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Aug. 30 unanimously found that the state’s Court of Appeals erred by throwing out a $750,000 verdict in a medical negligence suit because the widower of a woman who died days after an elective colon surgery had the right to file the initial complaint pro se (Linda Beard v. James William Branson, et al., No. M2014-01770-SC-R11-CV, Tenn. Sup., 2017 Tenn. LEXIS 540)....