Legal Opinion · Dissent

Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi, Inc v. C. Jake Lambert

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided January 27, 2015No. 2013-CA-01002-COAPublished

1DissentCarlton, J.

¶ 16. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion and submit that the circuit court erred in granting Dr. Lambert’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing Baptist’s counterclaim against Dr. Lambert. As the majority recognizes, this Court reviews de novo a circuit court’s grant or denial of summary judgment. Price v. Purdue Pharma Co., 920 So.2d 479, 483 (¶ 10) (Miss.2006).

¶ 17. The circuit court found that Dr. Lambert’s obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) rendered him unfit to practice medicine. The circuit court further found no dispute of material fact existed to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dutcher v. Ingalls ShipbuildingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  2. Price v. Purdue Pharma Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Walter B. Hamm v. Marvin Runyon, Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  4. Barnes v. Department of Human ServicesMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Smith v. City of JacksonCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2001

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