Legal Opinion
Watson v. Lillard
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1986No. 55810PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
493 So.2d 1277 (1986)
Nancy WATSON
v.
Dr. Patrick L. LILLARD and St. Dominic Hospital, Inc.
No. 55810.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
September 3, 1986.
James J. Fougerousse, Jackson, for appellant.
James A. Becker, Jr., Frank A. Wood, Jr., Watkins & Eager, George Q. Evans, David H. Pennington, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, for appellees.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.
ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:
One who files an action at law assumes an obligation to use all due diligence to see that the action proceeds on its natural course until the matter is resolved, or…
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