IL CENT. R. CO. v. OAKES BY & THROUGH HAGAN

No. 2015-CT-00644-SCT.

237 So.3d 149 (2018)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. Bennie OAKES, Deceased, BY AND THROUGH Clara HAGAN, his Representative.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: GLENN F. BECKHAM , HARRIS FREDERICK POWERS, III , Greenwood.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: HENRY DEAN ANDREWS, JR. , Vicksburg, TIMOTHY W. PORTER , PATRICK MALOUF , JOHN TIMOTHY GIVENS , Ridgeland.

EN BANC.


¶ 1. The issue presented in the instant case is whether the defendant is entitled to a setoff for money already paid to the plaintiff for the same injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant. It is not, as treated by the dissent, a case about apportionment of fault amongst different tortfeasors. As...

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