PHILLIPS BY AND THROUGH PHILLIPS v. HULL

No. 55989.

516 So.2d 488 (1987)

Julie Ann PHILLIPS, a minor, By and Through her mother and next friend, Debra Ann PHILLIPS, Jimmy L. Phillips, et al, v. Calvin T. HULL, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrimen M. Watkins, Crystal Springs, James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, for appellants.

C.R. Montgomery, Montgomery, Smith-Vaniz & McGraw, Edward Ellington, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc:


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This medical malpractice case questions whether, in claims for alleged negligently performed surgical procedures and for failure to obtain informed consent, a plaintiff must submit affidavits of medical experts concerning a physician's standard of care to survive a motion for summary judgment.

On March 15, 1983, plaintiffs/appellants, Debra Ann Phillips, her husband Jimmy L. Phillips and...

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