Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi, Inc v. C. Jake Lambert

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2006, Dr. Jake Lambert filed a complaint in the Lafayette County Circuit Court against several parties, including Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi Inc. (Hospital) and Baptist Memorial Health Services Inc. (collectively Baptist), related to his termination. Baptist filed a counterclaim against Dr. Lambert alleging he breached his employment contract. The circuit court granted summary judgment on Dr. Lambert’s complaint in favor of Baptist; however, Baptist’s counterclaim was not addressed at that time, nor was it addressed in the first appeal.1…