Opinion ID: 1809717
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: exclusion of evidence regarding bradshaw's drug use

Text: ¶ 52. I agree that there was not a sufficient proffer of evidence regarding Bradshaw's drug use and that Brandon has therefore waived this issue on appeal. However, the majority goes on to conclude that the evidence of drug use is not relevant to any of the issues in this case. With this conclusion, I respectfully disagree. ¶ 53. This Court has held that standard mortality tables reflecting life expectancy are admissible only if the individual in question was in good health prior to an injury and not prone to conduct likely to impair their health. Tucker v. Gurley, 179 Miss. 412, 176 So. 279 (1937). Evidence regarding the plaintiff's health before an injury is admissible to question the figures on mortality tables. Pharr v. Anderson, 436 So.2d 1357, 1360 (Miss.1983) (defendant physician in medical malpractice action had right to show deceased was not healthy because of diabetes). Thus, in my view, Bradshaw's drug use was relevant to her work-life and life expectancies. COBB, J., join this opinion in part.