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CITY OF JACKSON v. COPELAND

No. 55644.

490 So.2d 834 (1986)

CITY OF JACKSON and Willie Lee Butler v. Douglas A. COPELAND.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Love, Timmie Hancock, Jackson, for appellants.

John H. Fox, III, Fox & Watson, Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

The Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County entered a judgment for the appellee, Douglas A. Copeland (Copeland) against the appellants, the City of Jackson (City) and Willie Lee Butler (Butler), on an action grounded in negligence arising out of an automobile accident. The complaint prayed for actual and compensatory damages in the amount of $6,000,000.00.

A first trial resulted in a jury verdict for the...

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