Opinion ID: 1107969
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Donald Williamson

Text: We turn finally to the defendant, Donald Williamson. The complaint charges that Williamson is a member of the Mississippi Department of Public Health and is charged by law to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and where contagious diseases be found, to take actions necessary to suppress them and prevent their spread. The complaint further charges that, after Marks was diagnosed as having tuberculosis at the University Medical Center in Jackson, he was visited by Williamson. Williamson is then charged with gross neglect in allowing McFadden to be housed with an inmate with active tuberculosis. The short answer here is that McFadden has directed our attention to nothing which would suggest that Williamson, as an official of the State Department of Health, had authority regarding the housing or placement of prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections. It appears clear beyond reasonable doubt that McFadden can prove no set of facts in support of his claim against Williamson which would entitle him to relief. The Circuit Court acted correctly when it dismissed the complaint against defendant Williamson.