Opinion ID: 1613536
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: miscellaneous claims against dr. ali and dr. madakasira

Text: ¶ 34. Bennett urges us to extend the holding in Womble v. Singing River Hosp. Sys., 618 So.2d 1252 (Miss.1993), a pre-MTCA case. In Womble, this Court overruled then-existing Mississippi law which held that physicians engaged in the public service are qualifiedly immune from suit for medical treatment decisions made during the course of that service. Sparks v. Kim, 701 So.2d 1113, 1115 (Miss.1997). Acknowledging that in Barnes v. Singing River Hosp. Sys., 733 So.2d 199 (Miss. 1999), we held that Womble does not apply to an interpretation of statutory immunity against a state entity, Bennett argues that unlike the plaintiff in Barnes, he did not file suit against UMMC but against the doctors themselves. Clearly, this distinction makes no difference. The argument for application of Womble is without merit.