Blackston v. George County

RUSSELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Carl Keith Blackston and Joshua M. Stapleton appeal arguing the trial court erred by: (1) rendering a verdict in favor of George County and dismissing the case with prejudice; (2) disregarding the overwhelming weight of the evidence indicating the County placed dirt in the road while installing a private drive, which caused the accident; and (3) holding that even if George County placed the dirt pile in the public road and Blackston ran into the dirt pile due to oncoming traffic, the open-and-obvious exemption of the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA) provided…