She won at trial - then a rule about raising defenses on time flipped the result
A Mississippi court revived a clinic's contract case against a former nurse - not on the merits, but because her defense came too late.
A Mississippi medical clinic will get another chance to enforce an employment contract against a former nurse, after a state appeals court ruled she waited too long to challenge the deal.
On July 28, 2026, the full Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and sent the fight back for trial.
It started with a hire. On June 11, 2018, the nurse signed an employment agreement with Jones Family Medicine Clinic and its five satellite clinics. The contract carried a non-compete clause and a $10,000 liquidated-damages provision - a fixed sum the clinic said would "reimburse JFMC for its investment in training" her.
She left the job on June 28, 2019. Days later, on July 2, the clinic sued for breach of contract, asking a court to enforce the non-compete and hand over the $10,000.
Both sides came out swinging. The clinic claimed the nurse "lied about her credentials with insurance companies" and that her "deceitfulness" cost the practice about $14,711.54 to re-certify her. The nurse told a different story. She claimed she had grown worried the clinic's physician was "violating numerous rules, regulations, and laws" that could put her nursing license at risk. She also counterclaimed, alleging the clinics ordered her "to commit illegal actions" on the job,...
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