BYRD v. NIX

No. 07-58584.

548 So.2d 1317 (1989)

Gabe BYRD and Ella Mae Byrd v. J. Elmer NIX, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Joseph Perilloux, Jackson, Roy O. Parker, Roy O. Parker & Associates, Tupelo, for appellant.

Ferrell Tadlock, Heber A. Ladner, Jr., Ladner & Associates, Stephen Paul Kruger, Upshaw Williams Firm, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ANDERSON and BLASS, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Gabe and Ella Mae Byrd (the Byrds), plaintiffs below and appellants here, sued Dr. J. Elmer Nix (Dr. Nix), defendant below and appellee here, for medical malpractice and sought to recover for personal injury, loss of income, loss of consortium and other damages. Specifically, the Byrds alleged that Dr. Nix failed to exercise the appropriate standard of care in the post-operative stage of Gabe Byrd's (Gabe) treatment. Aggrieved by...

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