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BROWN v. DELTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

No. 2007-CA-00867-SCT.

997 So.2d 195 (2008)

Ralph BROWN and Lora Brown v. DELTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana J. Swan, Clarksdale, attorney for appellants.

L. Carl Hagwood, Jackson, Christopher Wayne Winter, Jason Edward Dare, Greenville, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this medical-negligence case, the plaintiff alleges he was injured by the negligence of several physicians, who were independent contractors of a state hospital. The question presented is whether the state hospital may be held vicariously liable for the torts of the doctors. Because the Mississippi Tort Claims Act ("MTCA") provides immunity to the state and its political subdivisions for the acts of independent contractors...

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