CITY OF JACKSON v. ESTATE OF STEWART EX REL. WOMACK

Nos. 2003-CA-01413-SCT, 1999-IA-01527-SCT.

908 So.2d 703 (2005)

CITY OF JACKSON, Mississippi and University of Mississippi Medical Center v. The ESTATE OF Otha STEWART, Deceased, By and Through its Administrator, Emma WOMACK.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Diane Gipson, Pieter John Teeuwissen, Lanny R. Pace, Corrie Schuler, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

James A. Bobo, Mark C. Baker, Sr., Brandon, Bernard C. Jones, Jr., Jackson, attorneys for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., CARLSON and DICKINSON, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This is a personal injury case in which an elderly lady fell after exiting a van operated by the City of Jackson (the "City"), and before entering a day care center operated by the University of Mississippi Medical Center (the "Hospital"). The case was tried to the bench, and the trial court found both the City and the Hospital liable, and both have appealed.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Mrs. Otha Stewart...

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