High Court Sides with School District in Wrongful Death Case

In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Mississippi has reversed a lower court’s decision, which only partially granted summary judgment to a school district in a wrongful death case. Instead, the high court found that the circuit court should have granted absolute summary judgment to the district.   Lonnie C. Magee, Jr. was a 17-year-old student athlete on the Mount Olive Attendance Center football team. While practicing with the football team on Aug. 8, 2007, Lonnie collapsed. Emergen