Legal Opinion
Krieser Ex Rel. Krieser v. Hobbs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1999No. 19-50909PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Concerning the wrongful death of the daughter of Robert Krieser, the jury in this Mississippi diversity action having found Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississip pi and a doctor in its emergency room (the doctor had settled and been dismissed early in the trial) at fault, and having apportioned the total $200,000 in damages equally between the doctor and the hospital, chiefly at issue in Baptist Memorial’s appeal is whether plaintiffs earlier $650,000 settlement with that defendant doctor should reduce Baptist Memorial’s liability for the $100,000 in…
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