UNIV. OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CTR. v. LANIER

No. 2011-CA-00163-SCT.

97 So.3d 1197 (2012)

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER v. Barbara LANIER, Individually and on Behalf of the Heirs at Law of Darrell Gill, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Kruger , Kristopher Alan Graham , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Isaac K. Byrd, Jr. , Suzanne Griggins Keys , Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

Before CARLSON, P.J., PIERCE and KING, JJ.


KING, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1998, Barbara Lanier's two-year-old son Darrell Gill Jr. died while being treated at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC). Lanier filed a complaint against UMC alleging medical malpractice and wrongful death. In 2008, the case was resolved by bench trial in the Hinds County Circuit Court with a verdict in favor of Lanier of $250,000. UMC appeals, raising four issues for this Court's review:

I. Whether...

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