Tallahatchie General Hospital v. Susan Edwards Howe

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Tallahatchie General Hospital (“TGH”) moved to dismiss a medical malpractice claim because the plaintiffs failed to provide it with proper presuit notice before the expiration of the one-year statute of limitations. The trial court denied the motion, finding that the filing of the complaint tolled the statute-of limitations, despite the plaintiffs’ failure to provide proper presuit notice. We agree with the trial court and affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Myrtice Edwards died at TGH on June 9, 2007. On October 17, 2007, Edwards’s wrongful-death…