Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Highland Park Apartments, LLC

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 2015No. 2012-CT-01629-SCTPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this premises-liability case, the circuit court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding that the plaintiffs’ expert testimony failed to establish a triable issue on proximate causation. The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment and affirmed the circuit judge’s refusal to recuse.1 We granted certiorari to expand on the Court of Appeals’ analysis on the summary-judgment issue, and to explain why the expert testimony created a triable issue. So we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Estate of Northrop v. HuttoMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Hotboxxx, LLC v. City of Gulfport, MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Double Quick, Inc. v. LymasMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Vicksburg Healthcare, LLC v. Clara DeesMississippi Supreme Court · 2014

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Pearlie Wright v. R.M.Smith Investments, L.P.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  2. Shannon Rogers v. Gulfside Casino PartnershipCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  3. Janet K. Sanford v. Walter DudleyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  4. Timothy Vivians v. Baptist Health PlexCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  5. Bradley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2024

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