Griffin v. North Mississippi Medical Center

GRIFFIS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Manda Griffin filed a wrongful-death claim against North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) in the Lee County Circuit Court. She alleged that NMMC was vicariously liable for the negligence of a nurse that caused her mother’s death. Griffin now appeals the circuit court’s directed verdict that was entered in favor of NMMC. We find no error and affirm.

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¶ 2. Gracie Stephens was a sixty-one-year-old diabetic with kidneys that no longer functioned. Because of her total renal failure, she required dialysis. Initially, she dialysed by way of an abdominal peritoneal…