FOSTER BY FOSTER v. BASS

No. 07-CA-58991.

575 So.2d 967 (1990)

Geoffrey Dufton FOSTER, a Minor, BY Kevin C. Foster, as Father and Next Friend v. John L. BASS, M.D., Howard H. Nichols, M.D., University Hospital and Catholic Charities, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Cothren, Robert G. Germany, Cothren & Pittman, Jackson, Vernon F. Glenn, McCoy Taylor & Glenn, Charleston, S.C., for appellant.

Rebecca Lee Wiggs, Steven D. Orlansky, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellee.

EN BANC.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This case allows this Court to grapple with the duties and responsibilities of a private adoption agency in placing children. Having determined that summary judgment was appropriate in the lower court, the Hinds County Circuit Court dismissed with prejudice the appellant's claim against the appellee. In the end we conclude that the trial court acted properly. Because of the significance of this case, we address the following issues...

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