SURPLUS CITY U.S.A. INC. v. HARRAH'S VICKSBURG CORP.

No. 2000-CA-01969-COA.

821 So.2d 891 (2002)

SURPLUS CITY U.S.A. INC., Appellant, v. HARRAH'S VICKSBURG CORPORTION and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

July 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Lotterhos, Charles Frank Fair Barbour, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

R. David Kaufman, M. Patrick McDowell, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., BRIDGES, and BRANTLEY, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. An adjacent landowner and corporate lessee of that adjacent property sued a Vicksburg casino and its construction contractor for trespass and also for punitive damages. A jury awarded damages of $3,000, but the circuit court did not allow punitive damages to be considered by the jury. In the initial appeal, this Court agreed that further proceedings should be conducted as to punitive damages. Thomas v. Harrah's Vicksburg...

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