Whitten v. Cox


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Docket Number: 1998-CA-01410-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 07-27-2000
Opinion Author: WALLER, JUSTICE
Holding: Affirmed in Part, Reversed and Rendered in Part
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: PRATHER, C.J., PITTMAN AND BANKS, P.JJ., SMITH, MILLS AND DIAZ, JJ.
Judge(s) Concurring Separately: COBB, J. McRAE, J.
Dissenting Author : McRAE, J.
Procedural History: Jury Trial
Nature of the Case: Personal Injury
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 04-28-1998
Appealed from: TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Judge: George C. Carlson, Jr.
Disposition: The jury returned a verdict for all three plaintiffs on the assault, battery, and false imprisonment claims and awarded compensatory damages as follows: Cox, $50,000; Logan, $30,000; an d Spinoza, $30,000. The jury found in favor of Whitten on his counterclaim for trespass, but declined to award him any damages.
Note: COBB, J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART WITHOUT SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: JOHN W. WHITTEN, III




 WILLIAM LISTON JOHN W. WHITTEN, JR. WILLIAM JOSEPH REID



  
Appellee: RANDY COX, TOD LOGAN AND PHILIP SPINOSA RONALD W. LEWIS  


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