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ROLPH v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF FORREST CTY. GENERAL HOSPITAL

No. 49324.

346 So.2d 377 (1977)

Lottie W. ROLPH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holmes, Dukes & Welborn, Hattiesburg, Smith, Smith, Tate & Stuart, E.C. Stuart, Jr., David R. Smith, Poplarville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Heidelberg, Sutherland & McKenzie, Francis McRae Turner, III, R.W. Heidelberg, James F. McKenzie, Hattiesburg, for defendant-appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Lottie Rolph filed a declaration in the Circuit Court of Forrest County seeking damages against the Board of Trustees of the Forrest County General Hospital for alleged negligence under the principle of respondeat superior. Answering, the defendant interposed a plea of governmental immunity. Accordingly, the circuit court judge sustained the defendant's plea and entered a final judgment dismissing Ms. Rolph's claim with...

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