Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Gerald Sutton


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Docket Number: 1997-CT-00634-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 08-24-2000
Opinion Author: MILLS, JUSTICE
Holding: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: PRATHER, C.J., PITTMAN, P.J., McRAE AND WALLER, JJ.
Judge(s) Concurring Separately: COBB, J.; SMITH, J.
Non Participating Judge(s): DIAZ, J.
Dissenting Author : SMITH, J.
Dissent Joined By : BANKS, P.J., AND COBB, J.
Procedural History: Bench Trial
Nature of the Case: Wrongful Death
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 04-18-1997
Appealed from: SIMPSON COUNTY CHANCERY COURT
Judge: J. Larry Buffington
Disposition: Chancellor found May 90 percent at fault and Greyhound 10 percent at fault. A judgment was entered in the amount of $1.1 million for each of May's children and for the passengers.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: GREYHOUND LINES, INC.




 LUTHER T. MUNFORD REGINALD ARTHUR GRAY III REBECCA HAWKINS CHRISTOPHER R. GREEN



  
Appellee: GERALD SUTTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF NICHOLAS MAY, DECEASED; GERALD SUTTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF SUMONE MAY, DECEASED; DONNIE CAUGHMAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MARCUS MAY, DECEASED; ESTATE OF CHERYL MAY; NANCY BONANNO; PAUL COTTER; AND ROBERT RILEY KEITH M. ALEXANDER F. DOUGLAS MONTAGUE, III CRYMES G. PITTMAN DAVID SHOEMAKE C. VICTOR WELSH, III  


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