City of Pascagoula v. Tomlinson

741 So.2d 224 (1999)

CITY OF PASCAGOULA, Mississippi

v.

Ronald Lee TOMLINSON.

No. 97-IA-00845-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 13, 1999.

Robert W. Wilkinson, Wendy Elizabeth Walker, Pascagoula, John B. Edwards, II, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

D. Neil Harris, Sr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND WALLER, JJ.

PRATHER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND CASE

¶ 1. Appellee Ronald Lee Tomlinson ("Tomlinson") was injured when he stepped into an uncovered pipe hole maintained by the appellant City of Pascagoula ("the City"). On May 15, 1996, Tomlinson…