Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Club Housing for the Elderly in Clinton, Inc. v. in the Interest of L.R.

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this premises-liability case, the jury was presented with starkly conflicting stories about the facts surrounding the rape of L.R., an eleven-year-old girl, at Federation Tower, an apartment building where her father lived. As a result of the rape, L.R. was impregnated by Tony Kelly and gave birth to a normal, healthy child. L.R.’s father and mother brought suit, individually and on behalf of L.R., against the building owner, Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women’s Club Housing for the Elderly in Clinton, Inc. d/b/a Federation Tower; and the…