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HOWARD BROS. OF PHENIX CITY, INC. v. PENLEY

No. 55640.

492 So.2d 965 (1986)

HOWARD BROTHERS OF PHENIX CITY, INC., and Denise Peters, v. E.C. PENLEY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Gerity, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, R. Eugene Parker, Jr., Varner, Parker & Sessums, Vicksburg, for appellants.

W. Richard Johnson, Prewitt & Johnson, H. Gerald Hosemann, Harper & Hosemann, Vicksburg, for appellee.

En Banc.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Howard Brothers of Phenix City, Inc. (Howard Brothers) and Denise Peters appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Warren County in favor of E.C. Penley for $100,000 for injuries sustained in the Howard Brothers Store when he was taken hostage by a mentally disturbed customer.

We find there was a jury question on liability, and that no erroneous evidence was admitted. The jury verdict, however, was excessive...

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