Rebelwood Apartments RP, LP v. English

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The premises-liability case before the Court today is an appeal from a substantial verdict in favor of the wrongful-death beneficiaries of Crystal Coleman. It was brought by Dwight English, the father of the youngest child of Crystal, charging that the managers and owners of Rebel-wood Apartments (“Rebelwood”), an apartment complex in South Jackson, failed to provide adequate security. The suit was filed in January 2008 and tried in January 2009.

¶ 2. Crystal’s body was found in the front passenger seat of her car, parked at Rebelwood, by her father, Larry…