Clayton v. Harkey

826 So.2d 1283 (2002)

Jala CLAYTON

v.

H. Louis HARKEY, III, M.D.

No. 2001-CA-00448-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 26, 2002.

Joseph S. Gatlin, III, attorney for appellant.

John Collinsworth McCants, III, Stephen P. Kruger, Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., CARLSON and GRAVES, JJ.

GRAVES, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. In this medical malpractice action filed against H. Louis Harkey, III, M.D., a staff neurosurgeon at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Dr. Harkey and dismissed him from the suit as immune from…