Stuart v. University of Mississippi Medical Center

*546 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

GRAVES, Presiding Justice,

for the court.

¶ 1. This is a wrongful-death action filed by Leon Stuart (Stuart) against the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Because Stuart failed to comply with the ninety-day-notice requirement in Mississippi Code Section 11-46-11(1), the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA), the trial court granted summary judgment. Stuart appealed to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Thereafter, Stuart filed a petition for writ of certiorari, which this Court granted.

FACTS

¶ 2. On December 10, 2002, Shirley Stuart…