A Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit Filed Two Years Ago By Highland Physicians Incorporated Against Wellmont Health System Has Been Granted Class-Action Status By A Sullivan County Chancellor. Highlands Physicians Filed The Suit In February 2016 Claiming Wellmont Tried For Years To Undermine Or Destroy The Association. Up To 75-Million Dollars Is Being Sought In Damages. Wellmont Tried, But Failed At Appealing The Decision To The Tennessee Court Of Appeals As Well As The Tennessee Supreme Court. No New Court Date Is Set.