MAXWELL v. JACKSON COUNTY

No. 1999-CA-00657-SCT.

768 So.2d 900 (2000)

Mary MAXWELL v. JACKSON COUNTY, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Sam Owen, Robert P. Myers, Jr., Gulfport, Attorneys for Appellant.

Gary S. Evans, Jackye L. Chapman, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. On December 12, 1996, Mary Maxwell ("Maxwell") filed a complaint in the Jackson County Circuit Court against Jackson County, Mississippi, alleging she had fallen at the Jackson County Youth Court as "a proximate result of the negligence of Jackson County, its agents, servants, contractors and/or employees." After filing a timely answer, Jackson County in a motion for summary judgment, argued, inter alia, that Maxwell's claim...

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