Gertrude Brooks v. The Landmark Nursing Center, Inc.

WILSON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Gertrude Brooks failed to respond to requests for admissions served by the defendant, The Landmark Nursing Center Inc. (Landmark), within the time allowed by Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 36(a). Thus, pursuant to Rule 36(a), Landmark’s requests were deemed admitted. Even after Landmark filed a motion for summary judgment based on her deemed admissions, Brooks waited another four months to file a motion to withdraw the admissions pursuant to Rule 36(b), and Brooks never actually responded to the requests.' The Prentiss County Circuit Court declined to excuse…