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CITY OF JACKSON v. AINSWORTH

No. 55189.

462 So.2d 325 (1984)

CITY OF JACKSON, Mississippi v. Martin Dale AINSWORTH.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Love, Jackson, for appellant.

James P. Cothren, Cothren & Pittman, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a personal injury action brought by Ainsworth for $125,000 in damages sustained when he stepped on a piece of lumber and fractured his ankle in a baseball game on a field owned and maintained by the city of Jackson. The jury awarded Ainsworth $4,582 in medical expenses and lost wages, based on a finding that the city was 40% negligent and Ainsworth was 60% contributorily negligent. Ainsworth filed a motion...

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