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George F. Bloss III 
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2510 - 14th Street, Suite 1125
P.O. Box 160 (39502-0160)
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
  
Phone (228) 864-3094
Fax (228) 864-0516
Email pbloss@watkinsludlam.com
   
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Areas of Practice:
Medical Malpractice Defense
Health Care & Hospital Law
Products Liability Defense
General Insurance Defense
Constitutional Law
Litigation Percentage:
75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Mississippi, 1974
U.S. Federal Courts, 1974
U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS, 1974
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence


University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1972
B.P.A., Bachelor of Public Administration


Representative Cases:
Collins v. Gulfport Surgery Clinic, PLLC, 2007 WL 2746783 (S.D. Miss. 2007)
Harriel v. Biloxi HMA, Inc., 964 So. 2d 600 (Miss. S. Ct. 2007)
Hubbard v. Billy Wansley, M.D., 954 So. 2d 951 (Miss. S. Ct. 2007)
Pitalo v. GPCH-GP, Inc., 933 So. 2d 926 (Miss. S. Ct. 2006)
Kemp v. Biolab, 2005 WL 1595669 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
Doleac v. Arne Michalson, M.D., 264 F. 3d 470 (5th Cir. 2001)
Battle v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, 228 F. 3d 544 (5th Cir. 2000)
Rush v. Casino Magic Corp., 744 So 2d 761 (Miss. S. Ct. 1999)
Young v. George Robinson, M.D., 182 F. 3d 915 (5th Cir. 1999)
Johnson v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, 732 So. 2d 864 (Miss. S. Ct. 1998)
Tinnon v. Frank Martin, M.D., 716 So. 2d 604 (Miss. S. Ct. 1998)
Saucier v. Biloxi Regional Medical Center, 708 So. 2d 1351 (Miss. S. Ct. 1998)
Nationalcare Corp., Inc. v. St. Paul Property & Casualty Ins. Co., 22 F. Supp. 2d 558 (S.D. Miss. 1998)
Goldman v. Julius Bosco, Sr., M.D., 120 F. 3d 153 (5th Cir. 1997)
Representative Clients:
Chubb & Son Insurance Group
Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi
Zurich-American Insurance Group
References:
Hancock Bank
Magnolia Federal Bank for Savings
Honors and Awards:
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law and First Amendment Law


Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice Health Care, First Amendment/Media/Advertising, 2006 - 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Center for Perinatal Medicine and Law, UC Davis School of Medicine, 2002 - Present
Advisory Board member by invitation


Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999 - Present
Advisory Committee on Rules member by Supreme Court appointment


AExperts Analyze Brain Damaged Baby Cases, I, II & III, 1997 - 2004
Advisory Panel, National ABA and AMA Seminar Series by invitation


American Bar Association
Health Law, Torts and Insurance Sections


American Inns of Court
Russell, Blass, Walker Chapter


Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
Member by invitation


International Association of Defense Counsel
Member by invitation


Defense Research Institute, Health Law Section
Member


Federal Bar Association
Member


Harrison County Bar Association
Member


Mississippi Bar, Health Law Section
Member


Mississippi Claims Association
Member


Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Former Officer and Director


Westminister Presbyterian Church, Elder, 2005 - 2006
Mississippi Coast Interfaith Disaster Task Force (Officer & Director)


Medical Benevolence Foundation
National Board of Trustees


Fraternities/Sororities:
Delta Theta Phi
Birth Information:
1950, Gulfport, Mississippi