SUGG v. SANDERSON

No. 57237.

515 So.2d 909 (1987)

Joseph Christopher SUGG v. Jeffrey SANDERSON and G.H. Avery Co., Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Butts, Tupelo, for appellant.

Ralph E. Pogue, Aberdeen, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

Appellant Christopher Sugg filed suit in the Circuit Court of Monroe County alleging he was a guest passenger in a pickup truck driven by Jeffrey Sanderson and owned by G.H. Avery. Sugg was severely injured when the truck left the road and hit a tree. Both appellees denied charges of negligence and raised the defense of assumption of risk, claiming that both parties had been drinking.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of...

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