Gibbs v. Banks

527 So.2d 658 (1988)

Robert GIBBS

v.

Carey Lee BANKS.

No. 57744.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1988.

John B. MacNeill, W. Sanders Carter, Jr., Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, for appellant.

Mel J. Breeden, Jr., Marble & Chance, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ANDERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a ruling of the Circuit Court of Hinds County, whereby the trial judge denied Banks' motion for a new trial in this personal injury case provided appellant Robert Gibbs would accept a $12,700…