Hammond v. Grissom
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
The matter of the quantum and quality of evidence necessary in a medical malpractice case to establish the failure to provide requisite emergency room care is presented to the Court. Plaintiffs/appellants, the heirs and next of kin of Mrs. Flora Hammond, deceased, invoking the provisions of Mississippi Wrongful Death Statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-13 (Supp. 1984), filed suit against defendants/appellees, Dr. C.E. Grissom, emergency room doctor, and Mississippi Baptist Hospital in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, alleging Flora Hammond's wrongful death from medical malpractice. The Circuit…
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- Rural Educational Association v. BushCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1956
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