Medicomp, Inc. v. Marshall

CHANDLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This is the appeal of a $1,500,0001 jury verdict in favor of Paul Marshall against Medicomp, Inc. rendered in the Circuit Court of Copiah County. Initially, Marshall filed suit against Hardy Wilson Memorial Hospital and Dr. Dale Williams seeking damages for injuries he suffered as a result of the alleged negligent treatment of burns to his right leg. More than four years later Marshall filed a motion to amend his complaint seeking to add Medi-eomp as a new party to the suit. The circuit court granted Marshall’s motion and held that the amended pleading would…