ARENDER v. SMITH COUNTY HOSP.

No. 54149.

431 So.2d 491 (1983)

Dewitt ARENDER, Mary Regina Arender and Dewey Russell Arender v. SMITH COUNTY HOSPITAL, William D. Owen, M.D., and Joyce McMillan, R.N.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce B. Smith, Magee, for appellants.

Upshaw & Ladner, Heber Ladner, Jr., Chris J. Walker, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, George Q. Evans, Douglas E. Levanway, Jackson, for appellees.

Before WALKER, P.J., and ROY NOBLE LEE and HAWKINS, JJ.


WALKER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Smith County wherein an action brought under the Mississippi wrongful death statute, Mississippi Code Annotated section 11-7-13 (Supp. 1982) was dismissed with prejudice as barred under Mississippi Code Annotated section 15-1-49 (1972), the statute of limitations. Having perfected their appeal to this Court, appellants assert the lower court erred in holding the six-year statute...

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