Rickey E. Haney v. Mizell Memorial Hospital, a Corporation Dr. John Meigs

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that a notice of appeal is “filed” for purposes of Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 3 and 4 when it is actually received and that “simply depositing the notice in the mail is not the same as filing it”
• construing a motion to proceed in forma pauperis as a proper notice of appeal
• in malpractice action, evidence of drug and alcohol use relevant to plaintiff’s ability to communicate with doctor for treatment and respond to rehabilitative therapy
• admission of evidence on plaintiff's past history of alcohol problems relevant to issue of future loss of earnings
• “The jury also could have reasonably concluded that Haney’s own conduct was the cause of his disability.”
• “[S]imply depos- iting the notice in the mail is not the same as filing it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).