PARKER v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 94-CA-00289-SCT.

725 So.2d 782 (1998)

Tim PARKER and Denise Parker, Individually, and Danieka Parker, By and Through Her Next Friend and Natural Mother, Denise Parker v. The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Earl Rozier, Jr., Jackson, for Appellants.

Thomas R. Jones, J. Richard Barry, Michael D. Herrin, Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for Appellee.

En Banc.


MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. The Circuit Court of Neshoba County granted the City of Philadelphia summary judgment in this personal injury action by finding that the claims against the city were barred under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Aggrieved, the appellants have timely appealed.

FACTS

¶ 2. On November 4, 1989, Danieka Parker, then four years old, was returning from a friend...

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