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CITY OF LAUREL v. WILLIAMS

No. 2008-CA-01137-SCT.

21 So.3d 1170 (2009)

CITY OF LAUREL, Mississippi v. Clyde WILLIAMS, as Personal/Legal Guardian and Next Friend of Michael Deanthony Williams, Individually and Clyde Williams as Personal/Legal Guardian and Next Friend of Minor Child, Michael Deanthony Williams and the Minor Child, Dorrien Alexander Williams, Being the Wrongful Death Heirs of Lisa Williams, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clark Hicks, Jr., L. Grant Bennett, attorneys for appellant.

Mark Kevin Horan, attorney for appellees.

Before WALLER, C.J., DICKINSON and KITCHENS, JJ.

KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Kenneth Wilson was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Lisa Williams. Prior to Williams's murder, officers of the City of Laurel Police Department were dispatched to two separate disturbances involving Wilson, but no arrest was made. Williams's wrongful-death beneficiaries brought suit against the City of Laurel, alleging that the City was liable for failing to arrest Wilson. Following a bench trial, the circuit judge...

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