King v. Murphy
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
424 So.2d 547 (1982)
Bobby F. KING, M.D.
v.
Jack C. MURPHY.
No. 53429.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 17, 1982.
Rehearing Denied January 14, 1983.
Price, Krohn & McLemore, Robert G. Krohn, Corinth, for appellant.
William S. Lawson, Tupelo, for appellee.
En Banc.
ROY NOBLE LEE, Justice, for the Court:
Jack Murphy filed a malpractice suit against Bobby F. King, M.D., in the Circuit Court of Tishomingo County, Honorable Fred Wicker, presiding. The jury returned a verdict in the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) damages for loss of Murphy's left leg, judgment was entered in that amount,…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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