DRUMMOND v. BUCKLEY

No. 90-CA-1279.

627 So.2d 264 (1993)

M.L. DRUMMOND and Sue Drummond v. Richard E. BUCKLEY, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Merkel, John H. Cocke, Merkel & Cocke, Clarksdale, for appellants.

Paul J. Delcambre Jr., Aultman Tyner McNeese & Ruffin, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the court:

This is a malpractice case in which the question of negligence vel non turns upon whether the patient or the physician is to be believed concerning a conversation between the two. There is also a close question as to whether, regardless of which version is believed, any harm was caused by the physician's alleged inaction. Because we find that issues of material fact are left in dispute, we reverse the grant of summary judgment...

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