Starnes v. City of Vardaman
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
580 So.2d 733 (1991)
Eric Guy STARNES
v.
CITY OF VARDAMAN, Mississippi, Billy Paul Spencer, Reuben Byars and Ira Berry.
No. 90-CA-0017.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 3, 1991.
Eric Guy Starnes, pro se.
Paul M. Moore, Jr., Calhoun City, for appellees.
Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and McRAE, JJ.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
A state prisoner assigned to a community work detail has been injured in a fall from a city garbage truck which was taking him to lunch. The injured prisoner has sued the city, several officials thereof, and the alleged tortfeasor truck driver, seeking damages…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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