Mississippi medical malpractice laws Archives

Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Trial Court’s Discretion In Striking Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert

June 17, 2026

Following Lisa’s death, her daughter Whitney filed a medical malpractice suit on behalf of Lisa’s wrongful-death beneficiaries. Whitney’s complaint asserted that Lisa’s healthcare providers, including Dr. Doolittle, were negligent in treating her sepsis. In her discovery responses, Whitney s[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Mississippi Medical Malpractice Case Filed 18 Years After Incident

April 29, 2026

Gene Cleveland Battieste was a veteran who underwent surgery at the Veterans Affairs (“VA”) Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi on September 7, 2006. Mr. Battieste consented to surgery on his C3–C7 vertebrae. However, the VA also operated on his C2 vertebra without his knowledge or consent.[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Overturns Defense Verdict In Surgical Medical Malpractice Case

November 7, 2025

Mary Margaret Upchurch suffered paralysis in her legs following a surgery performed at Merit Health Rankin by Dr. Adam Lewis, a neurosurgeon with Jackson Neurosurgery Clinic PLLC (“Jackson Neurosurgery”). Mary and her husband, Rickie, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against multiple [...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms $4M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 19, 2022

In its opinion issued on December 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed a $4 million birth injury medical malpractice verdict, finding that the denial of the defendants’ post-trial motion for judgment not withstanding the verdict was proper and that the trial judge had improperly[...]

Mississippi Supreme Court Affirms Loss Of Chance Doctrine In Mississippi Medical Malpractice Case

February 6, 2019

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 the [...]

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 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[...]

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