Legal Opinion

Danny Grimes and Kristi Grimes, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Keeli A. Grimes v. Pearl River Valley Water Supply District

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 6, 1991No. 91-1137PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs brought suit against the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District for the wrongful death of their daughter. The defendant filed a Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss which was granted. Finding no merit in any of the plaintiffs’ assertions, we affirm.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Plaintiffs sued under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Mississippi’s wrongful death statute, Mississippi Code Annotated section 11-7-13, and The Constitution of the State of Mississippi, Article III, Section 24. The plaintiffs seek $2.5 million for the death…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Pruett v. City of RosedaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by45 opinions

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  4. Mohundro v. Alcorn CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Wallace v. Town of RaleighMississippi Supreme Court · 2002

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