On November 20, 2020, after a one-week trial, a Mississippi medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who gave birth by emergency Cesarean section delivery at 32 weeks gestation on January 30, 2012 to a baby… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Failure To Provide Intervening/Superseding Cause Instruction
The Supreme Court of Mississippi in its opinion dated November 19, 2020 held: “Both Dr. Ilercil and Williams presented evidence that Nurse Howard was negligent by failing to contact Dr. Ilercil after she observed Williams’s rapidly declining condition, the signs… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Applies Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Pharmacy Misfilled Prescription Claim
The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) stated in its decision dated March 5, 2020 that the issue before it was whether a claim asserted against a pharmacy for allegedly mis-filling a prescription is subject to the two-year professional-malpractice… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms Directed Verdict For Neurosurgeon In Medical Malpractice Case
In its opinion filed on December 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) affirmed the directed verdict the trial court had entered in favor of the defendant neurosurgeon in a Mississippi medical malpractice case where the plaintiff… Read More
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Mississippi Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Back Surgeon
The Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on April 2, 2109, affirmed a defense verdict in a Mississippi medical malpractice case, finding sufficient evidence to support the verdict, that the verdict… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Mississippi Medical Malpractice Case
The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) in its opinion handed down on January 24, 2019 reaffirmed Mississippi’s loss of chance doctrine in Mississippi medical malpractice cases, which requires a plaintiff to show that proper treatment would have provided… Read More
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$2.4M Mississippi Medical Malpractice Verdict Against OBGYN For Negligent Treatment Of Ruptured Uterus During Labor
On August 31, 2018, a Mississippi medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiff $2.4 million in compensatory damages against a local OBGYN, who had his hospital privileges suspended in February 2018. The incident for which the Mississippi jury found the defendant… Read More
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Mississippi Appellate Court Limits Psychiatrist’s Responsibility For Patient’s Suicide To Intentional Acts
The Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”) confirmed in its opinion filed on May 29, 2018 that in a Mississippi civil suit for wrongful death involving suicide, the plaintiff must show that the defendant committed… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Grants New Trial In Surgical Sponge Medical Malpractice Case
The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 26, 2018 that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the Mississippi medical malpractice jury as requested by the plaintiff in a case where… Read More
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New Head Of Mississippi State Board Of Medical Licensure Faced 12 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
It has been reported that the newly hired Executive Director of the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure (“Board”), which has jurisdiction over Medical Doctors (M.D.s), Osteopathic Physicians (D.O.s), Podiatrists (D.P.M.s), Physician Assistants (P.A.s), Radiology Assistants (R.A.s) and Acupuncturists (L.Ac.s),… Read More
