Mississippi Supreme Court· 6/10/1993

Womble v. Singing River Hosp.

Citations

618 So. 2d 1252
1993 WL 85458

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holding that emergency-room doctors were not immune from malpractice action against them because their treatment of the patient in question did not involve formulating or implementing government policy
stating that government-employed medical personnel have no immunity for their decisions involving individual medical treatment but that they have immunity for decisions regarding the formulation and implementation of public policy
referring to the principle that official immunity does not protect the exercise of medical discretion as the majority rule
referring to the principle that official immunity does not protect the exercise of medical discretion as the majority rule
“[S]uing public officials in their official capacities is tantamount to suing the State or its affiliated entities themselves.”
applying two-year statute of limitations in § 15-1-36 (1) in action against county hospital arising from 1986 patient death

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Judges: Banks

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