In Johnson v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., 2008 WL 2037747 (S.D. Miss. 2008), this Court noted: The recent case of Barton v. United States, 2008 WL 872304 (S.D. Miss. March 27, 2008), decided shortly after briefing was completed on the defendants' motion, suggests that [the plaintiff's nurse expert] might be allowed to give an opinion on causation, specifically "that nursing failures could cause the decubitus in question." Id. at *3.
In addressing a similar motion in the recent decision of Johnson ex rel Johnson v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., 2008 WL 2037747 (S.D. Miss. 2008), Judge Bramlette wrote as follows: The recent case of Barton v. United States, 2008 WL 872304 (S.D.Miss. March 27, 2008), decided shortly after briefing was completed on the defendants' motion, suggests that Nurse Bridges might be allowed to give an opinion on causation, specifically "that nursing failures could cause the decubitus in question." Id. at *3.