Legal Opinion

HWCC-Tunica, Inc. v. Jenkins

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 2005No. 2003-CT-00267-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

907 So.2d 941 (2005)

HWCC-TUNICA, INC. d/b/a Hollywood Casino

v.

Brenda JENKINS.

No. 2003-CT-00267-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 9, 2005.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 2005.

Joseph Walker Sims, Tunica, Alfred Thomas Tucker, Jr., attorneys for appellant.

Gene Barton, Pontotoc, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The question before us on writ of certiorari is whether the trial judge erred by orally instructing the jury as a means of clarifying the written instructions after both parties requested such oral instructions. We reverse the Court…

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