RECTOR v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COM'N

Nos. 89-CC-829, 90-CA-774.

623 So.2d 975 (1993)

Lorene RECTOR, wife of/and H. Ronald Rector v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. Lorene RECTOR, wife of/and H. Ronald Rector v. BUSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg L. Spyridon, George J. Nalley, Jr., Piper D. Griffin, Hoffman Sutterfield Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, for appellants.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., John B. Runnels, Asst. Atty. Gen., John L. Clay, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee in No. 89-CC-829.

John B. Clark, Katherine S. Baker, Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellee in No. 90-CA-774.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

This matter is before the Court on appeals from orders granting a motion to dismiss to the Mississippi State Highway Commission and summary judgment to Bush Construction Company in a suit arising out of an accident allegedly caused by a defective condition of a highway. We are called upon to revisit the issue of sovereign immunity and to determine the applicability of the amended statute of...

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