United Emergency Services of Mississippi, Inc. and Keith E. McCoy, M.D. v. Oliver Miller

Summary

The court held that summary judgment was proper on the theory that Dr. McCoy negligently failed to admit Reed because the evidence showed that the on-call cardiologists would not have admitted him even if consulted. It otherwise upheld the denial of summary judgment because Miller presented competent expert evidence that other alleged breaches, including failures involving testing, monitoring, communication, treatment, and discharge, caused or contributed to Reed’s death and created triable causation issues. The court remanded for further proceedings on the remaining claims.