Demario Ferguson v. The University of Mississippi Medical Center

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Lewis and Lisa Shelby filed a medical-malpractice action on behalf of the wrongful-death beneficiaries of their son, Terrance Shelby. > Shortly before trial, the trial judge dismissed the Shelbys for discovery violations, but ;he . allowed Terrance’s brother, Demario-Ferguson, to be substituted as the new wrongful-death plaintiff.. After .being substituted in the action, Ferguson admitted during his deposition that he previously had signed a false affidavit while the , trial court was considering appropriate sanctions for the Shelbys’ conduct. The trial judge…