AUSTIN v. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSP.-NORTH MISSISSIPPI

Nos. 1998-CA-00905-COA, 97-CA-00186-COA.

768 So.2d 929 (2000)

Bryant AUSTIN and Shirley Austin, Appellants, v. BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-NORTH MISSISSIPPI, Appellee. Bryant Austin and Shirley Austin, Appellants, v. Dr. Wayne T. Lamar, Baptist Memorial Hospital—North Mississippi, John Doe and ABC Corporation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2000.

Certiorari Denied October 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy O. Parker, Jr., Roy O. Parker, Tupelo, Attorneys for Appellants.

John H. Dunbar, C. Jackson Williams, Oxford, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, PAYNE, AND THOMAS, JJ.


THOMAS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Bryant Austin alleged he sustained an injury to his upper right leg as a result of the negligence of Dr. Wayne T. Lamar, an orthopedic surgeon, and the staff of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. The Austins alleges that Dr. Lamar or an employee of BMH negligently injured his right leg above the knee when his leg was improperly placed in a leg holding device which was used to keep his knee stabilized during the surgery...

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