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ESTATE EX REL. CAMPBELL v. CHS

No. 2010-CA-00654-SCT.

66 So.3d 129 (2011)

The ESTATE (through the Administratrix Ida CAMPBELL) and the Wrongful Death and Survival Beneficiaries of John Earl Sykes, Deceased: Ida Campbell, Jeffie Ezell, Donnie Draine, Sammie Joe Sykes, Ricky Wayne Sykes, Brenda Fay Hardwick, Terry Sykes and James E. Sykes v. CALHOUN HEALTH SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Bowling , Susannah C. McKinney , attorneys for appellants.

John G. Wheeler , attorney for appellee.

Before DICKINSON, P.J., LAMAR and KITCHENS, JJ.

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. After John Sykes died in the emergency room (ER) of Calhoun Health Services (CHS), his estate sued the hospital for wrongful death, claiming Sykes should have been hooked up to a cardiac monitor. The trial judge1 held the estate had failed to prove that CHS had deviated from the applicable standard of care, and had failed to prove that use of a cardiac monitor would have made a difference...

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