LATHAM v. HAYES

No. 55769.

495 So.2d 453 (1986)

Kathryn Deborah LATHAM v. Dr. Thomas William HAYES, M.D. and Dr. Myron W. Lockey, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Brantley, Paul Snow, Jackson, for appellant.

C.R. Montgomery, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Edward Ellington, Thomas A. Bell, Larry D. Moffett, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellees.

En Banc.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This medical malpractice case comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case-in-chief, the trial court granted a directed verdict for the defendants. We affirm.

In the Spring of 1975, Kathryn Latham began to experience problems with her left ear. It drained a malodorous, yellowish pus...

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