Jones v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

PITTMAN, C.J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. This case comes before us by writ of certiorari from a 5-5 decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Simpson County, Mississippi. Angie Jones filed suit against her father’s automobile insurance carrier and Chasity Burnham McQueen after the vehicle in which she was riding struck an embankment and eventually caused her injuries. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and Jones appealed.

FACTS

¶ 2. In January of 1988, Angie Jones was a passenger in a car being driven by…