Legal Opinion
Liggans v. Coahoma County Sheriff's Dept.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 2002No. 2001-CA-00860-SCTPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
823 So.2d 1152 (2002)
Ryrchelle LIGGANS
v.
COAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 2001-CA-00860-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 15, 2002.
Derek D. Hopson, Clarksdale, attorney for appellant.
David D. O'Donnell, Oxford, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
COBB, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Ryrchelle Liggans seeks review of the Coahoma County Circuit Court's dismissal of her lawsuit against the Coahoma County Sheriff's Department (County). While incarcerated in the county jail, Liggans fell from a top bunk bed and injured her jaw. She subsequently filed suit alleging that the County was liable for…
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