KOESTLER v. MISS. BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS

No. 2009-CA-00603-SCT.

45 So.3d 280 (2010)

Thelma R. KOESTLER and Leo C. (Mickey) Koestler, Deceased, by and through Thelma R. Koestler v. MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.; Baptist Memorial Medical Center, Inc.; Baptist Behavioral Health Services; William S. Cook, Jr., M.D., P.A.; William S. Cook, Jr., M.D., individually and/or in his Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Systems, Inc., and/or in his Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in his Capacity as Medical Director of Baptist Senior Behavioral Health Services; Khari A. Omolara, P.C.; Khari A. Omolara, M.D., Individually and/or in his Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc., and/or in his Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in his Capacity as Contractor of Baptist Behavioral Health Services; Grace Scott, R.N., Individually and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as Employee of Baptist Behavioral Health Services; Tiffany Parker, L.S.W., Individually and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as Employee of Baptist Behavioral Health Services; Becky Ivey, O.T., Individually and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as Employee of Baptist Behavioral Health Services; S. Inman, R.N., Individually and/or in Her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Inc., and/or in her Capacity as an Employee of Baptist Behavioral Health Services; and Stacey Ashley, Individually.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcie T. Southerland , Branan P. Southerland , attorneys for appellants.

Eugene R. Naylor , Rex M. Shannon, III , Anastasia G. Jones , Clifford B. Ammons , Jackson, Lorraine W. Boykin , Whitman B. Johnson, III , Frank F. Farmer , attorneys for appellees.

GRAVES, P.J., DICKINSON and CHANDLER, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. After voluntarily seeking treatment at a mental-health facility, Thelma Koestler claims she changed her mind and demanded that she be released. Because the facility refused to release her, she filed suit against numerous defendants, alleging several causes of action, including false imprisonment. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment based in part on the running of the statute of limitations. We affirm.

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