DURR EX REL. DURR v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

No. 1999-CA-00757-COA.

773 So.2d 403 (2000)

Derryell DURR, A Minor by and through his Mother and Next Friend, Maggie DURR, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and any and All Physicians or Other Personnel Tending the Birth of Derryell Durr On January 28, 1985, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hubert Anderson, Hattiesburg, Attorney for Appellant.

Joseph L. McCoy, Roxanne Penton Case, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., IRVING, AND PAYNE, JJ.


IRVING, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal is from the dismissal of a complaint filed by Maggie Durr against the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), a state university and hospital, alleging negligence during the birth of her son, Derryell. The complaint was dismissed with prejudice by the Hinds County Circuit Court on the ground that it was barred by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act and/or by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Feeling aggrieved...

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