Pittman v. Hodges

462 So.2d 330 (1984)

Harrison V. PITTMAN

v.

Linda HODGES, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph R. Hodges.

No. 54501.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1984.

Cary E. Bufkin, Jim Bullock, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, John S. Holmes, Yazoo City, for appellant.

Michael T. Lewis, Oxford, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This judgment based upon a jury verdict of $20,000 in favor of appellee for nerve damage to the face and mouth of Joseph Hodges is appealed from the Circuit Court of Yazoo County,…