SCOTT v. FLYNT

No. 92-IA-00397-SCT.

704 So.2d 998 (1996)

Vivian Faith SCOTT, By and Through Her Mother and Next of Kin, Cynthia Ann SCOTT v. Joel R. FLYNT, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Victor Welsh, III, Pittman Germany Roberts & Welsh, Crymes G. Pittman, Pittman Germany Firm, Jackson, for appellant.

F.M. Turner, III, Bryan Nelson Randolph & Weathers, Sandra S. Mohler, Bryan Nelson Firm, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

F. Hall Bailey, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Jim P. Brantley, Susan McDonald, Nashville, TN; John G. Jones, Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and PITTMAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

This case presents the Court with a policy decision regarding the scope of the waiver for the medical privilege as contemplated by Mississippi Rule of Evidence 503 and whether or not ex parte contacts with medical providers are permissible under the rules of discovery in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. Having reviewed the rules and comments, and attempting to balance the interests...

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