City of Jackson v. Rhaly

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Property owners (collectively, “the Rhalys”) brought suit against the City of Jackson for flooding to their properties, allegedly caused by the City’s failure to maintain a ditch. The Circuit Court of Hinds County struck the City’s answer due to “gross indifference to its discovery obligations,” based upon its failure to produce the “Streets, Bridges, and Drainage Division of the Public Works Department Operations and Maintenance Policy Manual” (“Manual”), and entered a default judgment in favor of the Rhalys. The Mississippi Court of…