Opinion ID: 1707155
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Heading: did the trial court err in sustaining the appellee biloxi regional medical center's motion to dismiss the appellant's cause of action based on the appellant's failure to comply with discovery?

Text: Although there may be some question as to the exact extent of the relationship between Dr. Latour and the Biloxi Regional Medical Center, and therefore whether the actions of Dr. Latour can be imputed to the medical center, the record at this point in the proceedings is devoid of any reference to the exact status of their relationship and/or the obligations and responsibilities present between those two parties. See Hardy v. Brantley, 471 So.2d 358 (Miss. 1985). Therefore, it would be premature at this point to allow the Medical Center to be dismissed from this lawsuit. Aside from this issue, the mode of analysis used under the first assignment of error concerning Dr. Latour is equally applicable to the Medical Center. Therefore, the trial court's dismissal of the appellant's cause of action as to the medical center for failure to comply with discovery was improper. This assignment of error is also meritorious.