IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 1999-CA-01221-COA.

779 So.2d 164 (2000)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Shane David JOHNSON, Deceased. Richard Colson, M.D., Appellant, v. William David Hemingway, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Giles Peresich, Kaara Lena Liskow, Biloxi, Attorneys for Appellant.

Mark W. Davis, Abigail Susannah Marshall, Gulfport, Attorneys for Appellee.

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


KING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Dr. Richard Colson intervened in an action to establish paternity brought by William David Hemingway. This paternity action was brought prior to an anticipated wrongful death action by Johnson against Colson based upon alleged negligent medical treatment leading to the deaths of Hemingway's girlfriend and their baby, Shane David Johnson. Ultimately, the chancery court denied a motion by Colson to dismiss this action and ruled both...

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