Tammy WATKINS, On Behalf of the Wrongful Death Heirs of Austin James WATKINS v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

KING, Justice, for the Court: ¶ 1. In this wrongful-death suit against the Mississippi Department of Human Services (DHS), a mother sued DHS after the death of her son in the home in which DHS placed him. The trial court granted DHS’s motion for summary judgment, determining that DHS enjoyed sovereign immunity from liability for the acts alleged in the complaint. Because summary judgment was improvidently

Mississippi Supreme Court · 132 So. 3d 1037 · 2014-02-27

Key topics: personal, injury, negligence, products, liability, malpractice, wrongful, death.

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