Legal Opinion
Doretha Thompson v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 2018No. 2016–CA–00063–SCTPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Doretha Thompson appeals from the DeSoto County Circuit Court's judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the defendants, Baptist Memorial Hospital DeSoto, Inc. (BMH-D), and James Fortune, M.D., in a medical malpractice case. A surgical sponge inadvertently was left inside Thompson's abdomen during an operation performed by Dr. Fortune to remove Thompson's gallbladder in 2004. The sponge was not discovered until 2011, when Thompson presented to the emergency room in Bolivar County complaining of stomach pains.
¶ 2. Dr. Fortune admitted at trial that the sponge…
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