SHIELDS v. EASTERLING

No. 92-CA-00839-SCT.

676 So.2d 293 (1996)

Flora SHIELDS v. C.W. EASTERLING.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Knowles, III, Brantley & Knowles, Jackson, Eugene C. Tullos, Tullos & Tullos, Raleigh, for appellant.

Eve Gable, Bryan Nelson Randolph & Weathers, Hattiesburg, Stanley P. Buckley, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, C.J., and BANKS and MILLS, JJ.


MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises out of a single car accident that occurred on an Interstate Highway near Mattoon, Illinois. Flora Shields was a passenger in a pick-up truck driven by C.W. Easterling (Easterling). Shields filed a suit in Mississippi. The case went to trial on March 21, 1990. The jury awarded a verdict for the defendant. Following the denial of posttrial motions, Shields perfected her appeal to this Court.

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