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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