Legal Opinion
Julia Cavalier v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 2018No. 2017-CA-00447-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. While recovering from surgery at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, eighty-nine-year-old Lautain Scruggs fell after getting out of her hospital bed. Scruggs suffered a head injury (subdural hematoma ) that required almost immediate surgery. Testimony at trial established that the previously independent Scruggs never recovered fully from the head injury sustained when she fell. Several years later, Scruggs died; her death was unrelated to the head injury.
¶ 2. Scruggs's daughters Julia Cavalier and Jannette Scruggs McDonald and her estate (collectively Cavalier)…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Palmer v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. HallMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
- Estate of Northrop v. HuttoMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
- Erby v. North Mississippi Medical CenterMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- City of Jackson v. Internal Engine Parts Group, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2005
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3Cited by7 opinions
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