Mark Wetzel v. Richard H. Sears

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Mark Wetzel brought a personal-injury lawsuit against Richard Sears for damages he sustained in an automobile accident that occurred in Biloxi, Mississippi. The complaint was filed in the County Court of Harrison County. After a jury verdict in Wetzel’s favor, Wetzel filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, alternatively, for an additur or a new trial. The motion was denied. Wetzel appealed the case to the Circuit Court of Harrison County, where the appeal was affirmed. Wetzel’s appeal has now been deflected to this Court.

FACTS

¶2. On March…