GREAT AM. E & S INS. v. QUINTAIROS, PRIETO

No. 2009-CT-01063-SCT.

100 So.3d 420 (2012)

GREAT AMERICAN E & S INSURANCE COMPANY v. QUINTAIROS, PRIETO, WOOD & BOYER, P.A.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Thomas Graham , Michael A. Heilman , John William Nisbett , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

David A. Barfield , Steven Lloyd Lacey , Richard D. Gamblin , Madison, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. After the estate of a former resident sued a nursing home for negligent care, the primary insurance carrier employed lawyers to defend the suit. Because the lawyers failed to timely designate an expert witness, the settlement value of the case greatly increased, causing the nursing home's primary carrier to pay its policy limits...

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