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JONES v. JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

No. 1999-CA-01679-SCT.

760 So.2d 730 (2000)

Mary Blackmon JONES, Individually and as Parent and Adult Next Friend of Lakeisha Blackmon, A Minor v. JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS and Jessica Simmons.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tylvester Otis Goss, Thandi Wade, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellants.

Whitman B. Johnson, III, Shelly G. Burns, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., MILLS AND COBB, JJ.

MILLS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On May 23, 1995, Lakeisha Blackmon, a minor, was injured during a classroom skit at Hardy Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi. During the skit, Blackmon accidentally hit her teeth on a chair. She was then taken to a hospital, where she incurred $8,000 in medical expenses. Remarkably, the entire incident is depicted on video tape. Blackmon's mother, Mary Blackmon Jones, filed suit in the Hinds County Court against the Jackson...

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