DORROUGH v. WILKES

No. 2001-CA-00117-SCT.

817 So.2d 567 (2002)

Charles M. DORROUGH, Jr., M.D. v. Emanuel WILKES, Sr., and Emanuel Wilkes, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Luckett, Jr., Robert Michael Tyner, Jonathan Masters, Clarksdale, attorneys for appellant.

Hiawatha Northington, III, Precious Tyrone Martin, Isaac K. Byrd, Jr., Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


EASLEY, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The case before this Court arises out of a wrongful death medical malpractice action. On May 18, 1994, Emanuel Wilkes, Sr. and Emanuel Wilkes, Jr. (the Wilkeses) filed a complaint against Dr. Charles M. Dorrough, Jr. (Dorrough) and Bolivar County Hospital (BCH).1 The complaint alleged that Dorrough and BCH breached their duty to provide proper care to Gwendolyn...

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