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Mississippi Appellate Court Rules Defendant Hospital Correctly Dismissed From Two Medical Malpractice Cases

June 2, 2017

In the written decision of the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”) filed on April 25, 2017, the Mississippi Appellate Court held that the trial court was correct in dismissing the defendant hospital from the two medical malpractice lawsuits filed[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Applies Minors Savings Clause In Wrongful Death Action

April 9, 2017

In its opinion filed on March 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) held that only when someone who is qualified to bring a wrongful-death suit actually files a wrongful-death suit on the minor beneficiaries’ behalf will the minors savings clause [...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Three Of Four Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed By Same Plaintiff

April 6, 2017

In its opinion filed on January 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s three subsequently filed Mississippi medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuits while her first (original) Mississ[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds JNOV For Medical Malpractice Defendant

September 14, 2015

In its decision filed on September 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) upheld the trial court’s granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) in favor of one of the medical malpractice defendants following a mistrial after the Mississip[...]

Laser Treatment Medical Malpractice Case In Mississippi Dismissed

February 3, 2015

In its decision filed on January 13, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Court of Appeals”) decided that the plaintiff who allegedly suffered injuries as a result of a laser treatment for pimples on his face failed to establish the standard of care and therefore [...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Requires Intentional Conduct For Medical Malpractice Claim For Suicide

November 14, 2014

The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“the Court”) issued an opinion on November 6, 2014 in a medical malpractice claim arising out of a patient’s suicide, holding that Mississippi law requires intentional conduct that proximately created an “irresistible impulse” in a pa[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Grants Nursing Home New Trial

April 3, 2014

On March 25, 2014, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) granted a new trial to the defendant nursing home that was held responsible for a wrongful death verdict in the amount of $1,213,300 (the amount of the verdict was reduced to $513,300 pursuant to[...]

For Second Time In Six Months, Mississippi Federal Judge Criticizes Cap On Damages

February 15, 2014

In the December 20, 2013 written opinion issued in a Mississippi medical malpractice case filed under the Federal Torts Claims Act, a Mississippi federal judge has once again criticized Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases, quoting his written opini[...]

Mississippi Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Expert Affidavit Ruled Insufficient

November 26, 2013

The trial judge in a federal Mississippi medical malpractice case determined that the plaintiff’s required expert affidavit was deficient and that the medical malpractice defendant was entitled to judgment in his favor as a matter of law. In a November 21, 2013 written opinion issued by the[...]

Mississippi Federal Judge Lambasts Mississippi’s Cap On Non-Economic Damages

July 3, 2013

On June 13, 2013, a federal judge in Mississippi upheld as constitutional Mississippi’s $500,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases but harshly criticized the application of the cap in the case before him. As the judge stated in his Order, “All grief is not equal. [...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Verdict

May 14, 2013

On April 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) overturned a $1 million medical malpractice jury verdict in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiff, holding that the trial judge committed reversible error in instructing the jury that they could consid[...]

Mississippi Appeals Court Upholds Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

February 15, 2013

By its decision filed on February 5, 2013, the Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Appeals Court”) upheld a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case. The Mississippi medical malpractice jury decided the case in favor of the plaintiff’s physician on October 13, 2010[...]

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