Legal Opinion
Compere v. St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 2011No. 2010-CA-00490-SCTPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Richard Compere appeals the trial court’s dismissal with prejudice and imposition of monetary sanctions for his filing a second medical-malpractice action against Dr. Bryan Lantrip and St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. The Hinds County Circuit Court imposed these sanctions because Compere previously had filed the same action, and it was pending at the time Compere filed his second complaint. We find the trial court erred in dismissing the second complaint with prejudice and imposing monetary sanctions. Therefore, we reverse and remand for further…
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