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WACKENHUT CORP. v. FORTUNE

No. 2010-CA-00480-COA.

87 So.3d 1083 (2012)

WACKENHUT CORPORATION (Incorrectly Identified As Wackenhut Security) and Rozivito Hoskins, Appellants. v. Ernie FORTUNE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

April 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Anderson , Taylor David , Lee Gladden Jr. , Jamie Leigh Heard , attorneys for appellants.

James Ashley Ogden , Jackson, Robert Farley Wilkins , attorneys for appellee.

Before LEE, C.J., ROBERTS and RUSSELL, JJ.

ROBERTS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Hinds County Circuit Court found Wackenhut Corporation and Rozivito Hoskins 75% at fault for injuries Ernie Fortune sustained at a McDonald's restaurant. The jury awarded Fortune $1,000,000 in damages. Aggrieved, Wackenhut appeals and raises ten issues. Wackenhut claims the circuit court erred when it: (1) allowed Fortune's expert witness economist to use the "earnings-capacity approach" to calculate...

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