Estate of Hynes ex rel. McKnight v. Ambling Management Co.

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In July 2007, Christian Hynes (Hynes), a minor who was an invitee on the premises of Willow Pointe Apartments (the Apartments) in Jackson, Mississippi, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the Apartments’ parking lot. Hynes’s mother, father, and the wrongful-death beneficiaries (the Estate) filed suit in Hinds County Circuit Court alleging negligence on the part of Ambling Management Company, Inc. d/b/a Willow Pointe Apartments and Park Management, LLC (Park), the company that managed the Apartments. Thereafter, the Apartments and Park filed a motion for…