Case Result

$20.6M

Personal Injury

1992
Trial Verdict
Ashland, MS

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Case Details

James Moore was critically and permanently injured in a motor vehicle accident involving two tractor-trailers. A Kroger truck emergency braked, and a log truck jackknifed, impacting Moore’s pickup. The jury returned a verdict of $20,625,000 in compensatory damages against Kroger and the logging company.

Additional Notes

John Booth Farese and George Dent tried the case. The verdict was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in an unpublished opinion. At the time of the judgment, this was the largest compensatory damage personal injury verdict in Mississippi jurisprudence. Moore v. Kroger Co., 800 F. Supp. 429 (6/29/92).

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