TORY v. CITY OF EDWARDS

No. 2001-CA-01316-COA.

829 So.2d 1246 (2002)

Mary TORY, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Joseph Tory, Deceased, Appellant, v. CITY OF EDWARDS, Malcolm E. McMillin, Individually and as Sheriff of Hinds County and Hinds County Sheriff's Department, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac K. Byrd, Jr., Precious Tyrone Martin, Ramel Lemar Cotton, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

H. Wesley Williams, III, Ridgeland, Jay R. McLemore, Jackson, Jeffrey Stephen Moffett, Baton Rouge, LA, attorneys for appellees.

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


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. Joseph Tory was killed after leading officers of several Mississippi law enforcement agencies on a high-speed chase. Mary Tory, Joseph Tory's sister, filed a wrongful death action against individual law enforcement officers and their respective agencies seeking $3,000,000 in damages. Summary judgment was granted to the defendants. Mary Tory appeals arguing that the circuit court...

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