SMITH v. ESTATE OF BRENTS

No. 2004-CA-02139-COA.

923 So.2d 235 (2006)

Jeffrey A. SMITH, Appellant Cross-Appellee v. The ESTATE OF Tammy S. BRENTS, Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

March 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Zdancewicz, David Wayne Camp, attorneys for appellant.

Goodloe Tankersley Lewis, Oxford, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., IRVING and ISHEE, JJ.


ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jeffrey Smith brought suit against the Estate of Tammy Brents for injuries arising from an automobile accident which Brents did not survive. A jury found both parties to be comparatively negligent and returned two separate verdicts, with each offset by the parties' individual negligence. Smith was found to be seventy-five percent negligent, thus reducing his verdict of $100,000 to $25,000. Brents was found to be twenty-five percent...

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