Legal Opinion
O'Gwin v. Isle of Capri-Natchez, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided June 3, 2014No. 2013-CA-00373-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Mary Virginia O’Gwin died of natural causes. Yet her husband sued Isle of Capri-Natehez, Inc. (IOC),1 for wrongful death. Mary Virginia was playing slots at IOC’s casino when her heart stopped. Her husband claims the casino breached its legal duty to its critically ill patron by not restarting her heart with a defibrillator or chest compressions within five minutes of her collapse.
¶ 2. The circuit court dismissed this claim on summary judgment. And on appeal, we must affirm. As an owner of property open to the public, IOC, once it learned its patron Mary…
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- Corley v. EvansMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
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