Powell v. Clay County Board of Supervisors

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 capacity; the Mis*525sissippi Department of Corrections (MDOC); and Pierce (sometimes collectively Clay County). Powell’s Estate is now before this Court for the third time,…