Legal Opinion
Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. D. D. McCullough
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 2017No. 2015-IA-00854-SCTPublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, JUSTICE,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. This case comes to the Court on interlocutory appeal of the Lincoln County Circuit court’s Order Denying the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Although the plaintiffs overarching claim is framed in negligence, it factually sounds in intentional tort and is subsequently barred by the one-year statute of limitations under Mississippi Code Section 15-1-49. Therefore, this Court reverses the trial court’s Order Denying Summary Judgement and renders a verdict in favor of the Defendant.
FACTS
¶2. The following facts are disputed, though they have been…
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