Estate of Fedrick Ex Rel. Sykes v. Quorum Health Resources, Inc.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eula Mae Fedrick died while she was a resident of the Neshoba County Nursing Home. Ms. Fedrick’s estate filed a wrongful-death action under Mississippi Code Section 11-7-13 (Rev.2004) against Neshoba County and Quorum Health Resources, Inc., and others. The County and Quorum successfully moved for summary judgment, arguing that the Mississippi Tort Claims Act’s (MTCA’s) one-year statute of limitations had run. 1 The Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment as to the estate’s “survival” claims, but reversed the trial…