Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Attala County
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 17, 2010No. 2009-CA-00619-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On May 16, 2007, Jeffrey B. Hodges Jr. (Hodges) died when his vehicle crashed into a box culvert at a construction site on Attala County Road 3122 in Attala County, Mississippi. His survivors, Jeffrey B. Hodges, Avis H. Hodges, and Brittanie H. Burrell (hereafter “the Survivors”) filed a complaint contending that warning signs/barriers were missing and that Aus-bern Construction Company, Inc. (Aus-bern) and Attala County (also referred to as “the County”) were liable for failure to warn or protect against a known dangerous condition. The circuit court granted…
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