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ESTATE OF JOHNSON v. CHATELAIN

No. 2005-IA-00642-SCT.

943 So.2d 684 (2006)

The ESTATE OF Samuel JOHNSON, M.D. v. Joshua Cosby CHATELAIN, a Minor, By and Through His Mother and Adult Next Friend, Theresa CHATELAIN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mildred M. Morris, Molly M. Walker, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

J. Andrew Phelps, Hattiesburg, William L. Ducker, Purvis, attorneys for appellee.

Before WALLER, P.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This medical malpractice case concerns a physician who was working at a state hospital at the time the alleged negligence occurred. The circuit court denied the physician's motion for summary judgment based on sovereign immunity. We find that sovereign immunity does apply, and we reverse the circuit court's judgment, and render judgment for the physician's estate.

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¶ 2. Samuel Johnson...

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