SHEPARD v. JOHNSON

No. 1998-CA-01336-COA.

760 So.2d 870 (2000)

Delie SHEPARD, Administratrix of the Estate of Rodney Stowers, Deceased Appellant, v. Eddie JOHNSON d/b/a Holifield Funeral Home and Does 1-5, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Germany, Jackson Attorney for Appellant.

Eugene Randolph Naylor, Cary Egbert Bufkin, Jim Bullock, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE KING, P.J., PAYNE, AND THOMAS, JJ.


KING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from the Scott County Circuit Court's judgment sustaining Eddie Johnson's, d/b/a Holifield Funeral Home, ("Holifield") motion for summary judgment. The trial court found that Delie Shepard executed a written consent, which authorized the hospital to perform an autopsy on her son and to remove and to retain tissues as the physician deemed proper. We find no error and accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial...

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