Sandra T. Doty
Practice Areas:
Jackson Office
One LeFleur's Square
4735 Old Canton Road
Suite 108
Jackson, MS 39211
P.O. Box 13429
Jackson, MS 39236-3429
Phone: 601-366-4343
Fax: 601-981-7608
Sandra T. Doty
SANDRA T. DOTY (Sandy) was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1970. She received an Associate of Arts degree from the College of Southern Idaho in 1990, her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeast Louisiana University in 1992, and her Juris Doctorate from the Mississippi College School of Law in 1997. Ms. Doty has extensive experience as both coverage counsel and litigation counsel, including the defense of medical malpractice and long term care cases, general and commercial liability, and workers compensation.
Current Employment Position(s):
- Shareholder
Bar Admissions:
- Tennessee, 2007
- Mississippi, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1997
- U.S. District Court Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, 1997
Education:
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1997
- Juris Doctorate
- Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
- Honors: Student Body Senator
- College of Southern Idaho, 1990
- Associate of Arts
- Northeast Louisiana University, 1992
- Bachelor of Arts
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Capitol Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Mississippi Trucking Association
- Mississippi Association of Self Insureds
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
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Counsel on Litigation Management
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Professional Liability Committee
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Medical Malpractice Sub-Committee
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Workers Compensation Committee
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Summary Judgments:
Smith, Margaret, et al v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., United States District Court (September 2005)
Sandra T. Doty and Carl Hagwood obtained summary judgment in a nursing home alleged abuse/neglect case on the grounds that the Plaintiffs lacked standing to maintain the action. The Plaintiffs had failed to properly open an Estate and otherwise lacked standing to maintain the action.
Austin, Helen, et al v. Mariner Health Care, Inc., United States District Court (March 2005)
Sandra T. Doty and Carl Hagwood successfully argued that the Plaintiffs lacked standing to maintain this wrongful death action alleging nursing home abuse and neglect on the grounds that the Plaintiffs had not properly opened up an Estate and otherwise lacked standing to maintain the action.
Appellate Court Decisions:
Melissa Winter v. Wal-Mart Supercenter and American Home Assurance Company.(August, 2009)
Sandra T. Doty recently received a favorable opinion from the Mississippi Court of Appeals involving a workers compensation matter. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts dismissal of the claim for Claimants failure to file a pre-hearing statement. The basis of the finding was that the Claimant did not satisfy the burden set forth by 71-3-53 in establishing that a mistake in determination of fact was present which would warrant the reinstatement of the case. This finding was affirmed by the Mississippi Supreme Court on February 4, 2010.