Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Forest Family Practice Clinic, P.A.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided January 29, 2013No. 2011-CA-00828-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, C.J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. This appeal concerns whether service of process was properly issued in a wrongful-death suit. The trial court found service of process was insufficient. We agree but find good cause existed for the failure to serve process within the proper time.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. R.J. Lewis was a patient of Dr. John Paul Lee. R.J. died on March 23, 2008. On June 1, 2010, Barbara Lewis (Lewis) on behalf of R.J.’s wrongful-death beneficiaries filed suit in Scott County Circuit Court against Dr. Lee and Forest Family Practice (FFP), alleging that their acts and…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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