484 So. 2d 1028 - Smith v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 466 So. 2d 856 - Hall v. Hilbun · 471 So. 2d 375 - Trapp v. Cayson · 424 So. 2d 547 - King v. Murphy
Most-quoted passages
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“In the recent case of Hall v. Hilbun, 466 So.2d 856 (Miss. 1985), in a majority opinion, the Court expanded the rule established in King v. Murphy . Actually, the law of Mississippi in malpractice cases, as now stated, is based upon a national standard of care. The question relating to competency of a physician's testimony is to be treated the same as any other expert.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. McQuinn“a reasonable distance adjacent to state boundaries”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. McQuinn
How this case has been treated — in progress
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