JOSEPH v. CITY OF MOSS POINT

No. 2002-CA-00872-COA.

856 So.2d 548 (2003)

Sheila JOSEPH, Issac Joseph and Donna Thomas, Appellants, v. THE CITY OF MOSS POINT, a Body Politic; and Garlon P. Cole, in his Representative Capacity, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Wade Rath, Memphis, TN, Russell S. Gill, Biloxi, attorneys for appellant.

Nathaniel A. Bosio, Mobile, AL, Robert W. Wilkinson, Pascagoula, John B. Edwards, II, Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., LEE and IRVING, JJ.


LEE, J., for the court.

¶ 1. On March 19, 1999, driver Sheila Joseph, her husband Isaac Joseph, Donna Thomas and Larry Patterson were in a car stopped at a traffic light when they were hit from behind by Moss Point Police Officer Garlon Cole, who was driving his patrol car. Sheila Joseph and her passengers were injured in the collision, and they sued the City of Moss Point and Officer Cole in his official capacity for driving recklessly.1

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