HUMPHREY v. OCEAN SPRINGS HOSP.

No. 1998-CA-01521-SCT.

749 So.2d 1044 (1999)

Victor HUMPHREY v. OCEAN SPRINGS HOSPITAL d/b/a Singing River Hospital System.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey R. Varnado, Hattiesburg, Timothy P. Kottemann, Biloxi, Donald E. Hinton, Jr., Hattiesburg, Attorneys for Appellant.

James H. Heidelberg, Brett K. Williams, C. Brice Wiggins, Pascagoula, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., BANKS AND McRAE, JJ.


PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. The present case requires this Court to determine whether a notice of claim delivered to the administrator of a subsidiary hospital pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 11-46-11 (Supp.1999) of the Tort Claims Act should be held to constitute valid notice upon the subsidiary's parent hospital chain. This Court concludes that notice upon such an administrator may constitute notice upon...

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