Legal Opinion
Whittington v. Mason
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 2005No. 2003-CT-00700-SCTPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
905 So.2d 1261 (2005)
Bennie Scott WHITTINGTON and Tina S. Whittington
v.
Woodie L. MASON, M.D. and Hinds Urology Clinic, P.A.
No. 2003-CT-00700-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 16, 2005.
Douglas G. Mercier, Ridgeland, Willie T. Abston, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.
George Quinn Evans, Jackson, Lynda Clower Carter, attorneys for appellees.
EN BANC.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. The narrow question presented in this medical negligence case is whether expert testimony is required to establish the material risks which must be disclosed to a patient in order to…
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