Boston v. East, et Al.


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Docket Number: 2000-CA-00968-SCT

Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 04-04-2002
Opinion Author: PITTMAN,
Holding: AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART

Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: SMITH, P.J., WALLER AND DIAZ, JJ.,
Non Participating Judge(s): COBB AND CARLSON, JJ.,
Dissenting Author : EASLEY, J.,
Concurs in Result Only: McRAE, P.J., AND GRAVES, J.,
Procedural History: Dismissal
Nature of the Case: Wrongful Death

Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 05-31-2000
Appealed from: Hinds County Circuit Court
Judge: R. Kenneth Coleman
Disposition: The defendant's motion to dismiss was granted when the Lafayette County Circuit Court concluded that Boston's state law claims were barred, either by the statute of limitations or by res judicata and collateral estoppel, that defendants Plunk and Theobald were entitled to quasi-judicial immunity, and that Lafayette County was entitled to sovereign immunity at the time Boston's state law claims accrued.

  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: LOUISE BOSTON, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF MAE EVELYN BOSTON, DECEASED




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Appellee: HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, F. D. EAST, VERA THEOBALD, BILL PLUNK, RICKY MILLER, LYNDON CARPENTER AND JOHN THOMAS H. SCOT SPRAGINS  


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