DAWSON v. TOWNSEND & SONS, INC.

No. 98-CA-00479-COA.

735 So.2d 1131 (1999)

James Michael DAWSON, Appellant, v. TOWNSEND & SONS, INC., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Yoste, Starkville, Attorney for Appellant.

James D. Holland, Ridgeland, Andrew W. Eversberg, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., LEE, AND THOMAS, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. The plaintiff brought suit for injuries sustained when he was purposefully stabbed by a fellow patron at the defendant's grocery store. A Lowndes County Circuit Court jury found that the other patron, who was not made a defendant, was solely responsible for the damages. On appeal the plaintiff argues that the jury should not have been instructed to allocate responsibility between the wilful acts of the other patron and the...

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