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Ellecia Small received a kidney transplant at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in November 2009.
Less than three months later, Small, 31, of Canton was dead.
Kinyata Johnson, of Alabama, who received the same donor’s other kidney, is partially blind and needs constant care, said Jackson attorney Joe Tatum.
“He thought it would help him, but he was better off before the kidney,” Tatum said.
Small’s family and Johnson now have separate lawsuits seeking an unspecified amount of damages against Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency and UMC, with Tatum as their attorney.
The kidney transplanted ...