WHITTINGTON v. MASON

No. 2003-CT-00700-SCT.

905 So.2d 1261 (2005)

Bennie Scott WHITTINGTON and Tina S. Whittington v. Woodie L. MASON, M.D. and Hinds Urology Clinic, P.A.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas G. Mercier, Ridgeland, Willie T. Abston, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

George Quinn Evans, Jackson, Lynda Clower Carter, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The narrow question presented in this medical negligence case is whether expert testimony is required to establish the material risks which must be disclosed to a patient in order to obtain informed consent to a medical procedure.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Because the trial court directed a verdict for the defendants, we begin by setting forth the facts in the light most...

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