Mississippi Department of Transportation v. Nosef

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Before the Court is the interlocutory appeal of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, et al. (“MDOT”) of the Coahoma County Circuit Court’s denial of MDOT’s motion for summary judgment in a wrongful-death action filed by the wrongful-death beneficiaries of A.J. Co-wart (“Nosef’).

¶ 2. In August 2007, Cowart pulled his 2004 Buick LeSabre onto the shoulder of Highway No. 1 in Coahoma County. He drove into an unmarked culvert, and his car flipped over. Cowart was taken to the hospital, became paralyzed five days later, and died in January…