SCOTT PRATHER TRUCKING, INC. v. CLAY EX REL. SANDERS

No. 2001-CA-00911-SCT.

821 So.2d 819 (2002)

SCOTT PRATHER TRUCKING, INC. and Benton T. Stevenson v. Ocean D. CLAY, A Minor, By and Through her Mother and Next Friend, Diane SANDERS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Evans Gough, Ridgeland, Laura A. Henderson-Courtney, Florence, J. Tucker Mitchell, Ridgeland, Edward J. Currie, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

James W. Nobles, Jackson, Travis T. Vance, Vicksburg, attorneys for appellee.

Before McRAE, P.J., WALLER and GRAVES, JJ.


WALLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This case arose from injuries sustained by Ocean D. Clay when her vehicle and a tractor-trailer driven by Benton T. Stevenson and owned by Scott Prather Trucking, Inc., were involved in a collision. Prather and Stevenson confessed liability. After a trial on damages only, the jury awarded Clay $35,800 for her injuries, and judgment was entered on that verdict. Upon Clay's motion, the trial judge granted an additur of damages from...

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