The Mississippi Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court's decision granting Summary Judgment based on a motion by Defendant's counsel, Toby J. Gammill and Whitney W. Gladden in Simpson v. Tillman Furniture Company.
Filed in Copiah County, the original premises liability case stemmed from the plaintiff falling from a chair in the showroom of the furniture company and alleging that her present medical condition was directly attributable to that fall. Because the plaintiff had numerous pre-existing conditions and was unable to have a physician attribute her current condition to the fall, she failed to show causation and Summary Judgment was granted. The plaintiff appealed the decision which was later affirmed.