Legal Opinion
Cofield v. Imperial Palace of Mississippi LLC
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided April 8, 2014No. 2013-CA-00037-COAPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, C.J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. In this premises-liability case, we must decide whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Imperial Palace (IP).
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. Rhoda Cofield was visiting the IP casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, on September 13, 2008, when she slipped and fell in the lobby near the elevators. Cofield was walking toward an open elevator when, she claims, she slipped in a puddle of an undetermined liquid. Cofield filed her negligence action against IP in the Harrison County Circuit Court. IP ultimately moved for summary judgment. After a hearing on…
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