WAL-MART SUPER CENTER v. LONG

No. 2001-IA-01372-SCT.

852 So.2d 568 (2003)

WAL-MART SUPER CENTER and Besam, Inc. v. Eva LONG.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.O. Luckett, Jr., Robert M. Tyner, Jr., Clarksdale, J. Keith Pearson, Gulfport, attorneys for appellants.

Leroy D. Percy, Jackson, Gray Tollison, Oxford, Gary L. Carnathan, Tupelo, attorneys for appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., WALLER and CARLSON, JJ.


PITTMAN, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Eva Long filed a complaint in the County Court of Lee County against Wal-Mart Super Center (Wal-Mart) seeking $75,000 for injuries she suffered in an accident involving a mechanical door. Over a year later, she requested leave to increase the ad damnum clause from $75,000 to $750,000; to transfer jurisdiction to the circuit court; and to add additional defendants. The trial court granted leave to amend and transferred...

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