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TAYLOR v. SINGING RIVER HOSP. SYSTEM

No. 94-CA-00880-SCT.

704 So.2d 75 (1997)

Donald E. TAYLOR, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Prentiss Taylor v. SINGING RIVER HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Smith, Biloxi, for Appellant.

James H. Heidelberg, Colingo Williams Heidelberg Steinberger & McElhaney, Pascagoula; Angela C. Boutwell, Jackson, for Appellee.

En Banc.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this case we consider the propriety of a summary judgment in favor of a hospital that was sued for the negligent hire of one of its doctors. Because we find that there was no evidence that the hospital breached any duty in assessing the competence of that doctor, and that, in any event, the alleged breach had no causal relationship to the injury in question, we affirm the grant...

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