Legal Opinion
Thompson ex rel. Thompson v. Lee County School District
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided April 19, 2005No. 2003-CA-02395-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. On December 3, 1999, Joseph Thompson filed his complaint against George Gregory and the Lee County School District (“Lee County”), alleging that he suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence of George Gregory in operating a Lee County school bus. On October 9, 2003, after a trial on the merits, the court dismissed George Gregory from the suit, but found Lee County liable to Thompson for the sum of $200,000. However, the court found Thompson to be fifty *123percent contributorily negligent, thus reducing the total damage award to $100,000.
¶ 2. Aggrieved…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thompson ex rel. Thompson v. Lee County School DistrictMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
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