Patterson Ex Rel. Estate of Coleman v. Tibbs

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Atravius Coleman was born at 'Bolivar County Medical Center (BMC) on February-22, 2002, at 4:23 a.m. Atravius died less than one day later, on February 23, 2002, at 12:05 a.m. His mother, Angelia Patterson, brought a wrongful-death elainh against BMC, Dr. Bob Tibbs, and Dr. William McArthur (the defendants), claiming that they had caused Atravius’s death either through negligence or by breaching the standard of care. The defendants filed a motion to exclude Patterson’s expert witnesses on causation, claiming that their testimony was not reliable.…