CITY OF JACKSON v. PERRY

No. 1998-CA-01513-SCT.

764 So.2d 373 (2000)

CITY OF JACKSON, Mississippi, Marcus Edwards and Nationwide General Insurance Company v. Ladarrell PERRY, a minor, by and Through his mother and next friend, Addie PERRY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Romaine Levean Richards, Hugh W. Tedder, Jr., Mark C. Carroll, Jackson, Patrick M. Tatum, Greenwood, Attorneys for Appellants.

Dale Danks, Jr., Jackson, Pieter John Teeuwissen, Attorneys for Appellee.

En Banc.


BANKS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case presents issues concerning the interplay between our underinsured motorist statutes and those governing sovereign immunity. We conclude that the statutes were properly interpreted to allow recovery on both the uninsured motorist provision and the tort claims act. We reform the judgment to reflect that the total is not jointly and severally due. In all other respects we affirm.

I.

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