Holder v. Orange Grove Medical Specialties, P.A.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Marguerite Holder and her husband, Herbert Holder (the Holders), filed a medical-negligence suit against Orange Grove Medical Specialties, P.A.; Boyd Benefield, M.D.; and John Does One through Five (Orange Grove) on December 7, 2006, in the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Harrison County. On July 29, 2008, almost one year and eight months later, the circuit judge dismissed the suit with prejudice, as to each defendant, for want of prosecution in accordance with Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The…