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POWELL v. CLAY COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS

No. 2005-CA-00018-SCT.

924 So.2d 523 (2006)

George POWELL, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lorenzo Powell v. CLAY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Laddie Huffman, In His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Clay County, Mississippi, And Carl Pierce.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Turner Lairy, Bennie L. Turner, West Point, attorneys for appellant.

Benjamin E. Griffith, Cleveland, Chris Powell, attorneys for appellees.

Before COBB, P.J., EASLEY and RANDOLPH, JJ.

COBB, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Lorenzo Powell, a state inmate, died after falling off the back of a garbage truck owned by Clay County. Subsequently, his father, George Powell, filed a wrongful death suit alleging that Carl Pierce, a Clay County employee, was negligent in his operation of the garbage truck. Named as defendants were the Clay County Board of Supervisors; Sheriff Laddie Huffman, in his official...

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