STARNES v. CITY OF VARDAMAN

No. 90-CA-0017.

580 So.2d 733 (1991)

Eric Guy STARNES v. CITY OF VARDAMAN, Mississippi, Billy Paul Spencer, Reuben Byars and Ira Berry.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Guy Starnes, pro se.

Paul M. Moore, Jr., Calhoun City, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

A state prisoner assigned to a community work detail has been injured in a fall from a city garbage truck which was taking him to lunch. The injured prisoner has sued the city, several officials thereof, and the alleged tortfeasor truck driver, seeking damages for his injuries. The case presents questions of limitations and immunity, exacerbated by the legislature's annual postponement of the effective date of the State...

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