GATEWOOD v. SAMPSON

No. 2000-CA-00742-SCT.

812 So.2d 212 (2002)

Jeff GATEWOOD d/b/a Ellis Isle Exxon v. Roy SAMPSON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Tatum, Greenwood, attorney for appellant.

G. Todd Burwell, Jackson, Kristen A. Horton, attorneys for appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.


PITTMAN, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Roy Sampson was shot during an attempted robbery in the parking lot of the Ellis Isle Exxon gas station in Jackson, Mississippi. He filed a negligence suit against the gas station's owner, Jeff Gatewood, to recover damages resulting from his injury. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Sampson was awarded $308,000.00 in compensatory damages. Gatewood now appeals this judgment.

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