Blailock ex rel. Blailock v. Hubbs

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a medical negligence case brought against two doctors, a clinic and a governmental hospital. Although four issues are raised on appeal, the central issue is whether the trial court properly dismissed the hospital from the lawsuit for failure of the plaintiffs to give the required notice under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, . Miss.Code Ann. §§ 11-46-1 to-23 (Rev.2002 & Supp.2004).

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. Linda Blailock was admitted to Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (“Southwest”) on March 9, 1997, with complaints of blurred…