Shanta Webster v. University of Mississippi Medical Center Grenada, Aimee R. Watts, M.D.

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of Webster’s medical‑malpractice action, holding that service of process on the University of Mississippi Medical Center‑Grenada was improper because Rule 4(d)(5) requires service on the state attorney general, not on the hospital’s CEO. The Court also affirmed that the physicians, sued in their representative capacities, are immune from liability under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act as employees acting within the scope of their duties.