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LEWIS v. FOREST FAMILY PRACTICE CLINIC

No. 2011-CA-00828-COA.

124 So.3d 678 (2013)

Barbara LEWIS, Individually, As Administratrix for the Estate of R.J. Lewis, and on behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries for the Estate of R.J. Lewis, Appellant, v. FOREST FAMILY PRACTICE CLINIC, P.A. and John Paul Lee, M.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Howard Thigpen , attorney for appellant.

Mildred M. Morris , Timothy Lee Sensing , Jackson, John Burley Howell III , attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

LEE, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal concerns whether service of process was properly issued in a wrongful-death suit. The trial court found service of process was insufficient. We agree but find good cause existed for the failure to serve process within the proper time.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. R.J. Lewis was a patient of Dr. John Paul Lee. R.J. died on March 23, 2008. On June 1, 2010, Barbara Lewis (Lewis) on behalf of...

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