PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:
This appeal follows a judgment in the Circuit Court of Amite County in the aggregate amount of $550,000.00 in favor of the plaintiff/appellee Wilmer Dawson. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
In our opinion the trial court improperly overruled defendants' motion for mistrial before any testimony was heard by the jury. Therefore we recount only those facts necessary for disposition on that ground.
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