Pickens v. Donaldson

¶ 1. This case comes to this Court on appeal of Leslie Pickens from the Circuit Court of Hinds County subsequent to an adverse ruling by that court applying the Mississippi Tort Claims Act to this case and dismissing complaints of negligence against three doctors of the University Medical Center on summary judgment.

¶ 2. After full consideration, we conclude that the lower court was correct in dismissing the complaint against Dr. Vig, who clearly was an employee of UMC, but was premature in dismissing the complaints against Drs. Donaldson and Causey because the record is unclear regarding…