JONES v. TOY

No. 55010.

476 So.2d 30 (1985)

Robert Lee JONES v. Ted TOY and the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hunter, David O. McCormick, Cumbest, Cumbest & Hunter, Pascagoula, Johnny L. Williams, Watson & Williams, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

S. Wayne Easterling, Easterling & Varnado, Francis T. Zachary, Zachary & Zachary, Paul Richard Lambert, Hattiesburg, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ANDERSON, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the court:

Robert Lee Jones filed suit against Ted Toy and the City of Hattiesburg, hereinafter the City, in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, for injuries he received when thrown from a truck on which he was riding as a garbage collector for the City. The jury returned a verdict of $187,500.00 for Jones against Toy and the City. The trial court considered identical motions of Toy and the City for judgment, corrected judgment, or a...

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