Austin v. State

MYERS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Marsha Austin filed suit against the State of Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, and two MDMH employees, Cheryl Phillips and James Chastain. We shall refer to the defendants collectively as MDMH. Austin alleged that she had been fired for complaining about understaffing and falsification of medical records at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, where she had worked as a nurse. Austin alleged wrongful termination, negligence and gross negligence, breach of contract and tortious breach of contract, negligent and intentional…