The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down one opinion in a dog-bite case on interlocutory appeal. The Court also entered an order setting an execution date in a capital case.
TLM Investments, LLC v. Yates, 2024-IA-00204-SCT (Civil – Personal Injury)
Reversing the circuit court’s denial of summary judgment in a dog-bite case, holding that the plaintiff did not come forward with evidence that the property owner/lessor had actual or constructive knowledge of a tenant’s dog or of its dangerous propensities or that the plaintiff was an intended third-party beneficiary of the lease agreement.
(9-0)
Other Orders
- Jordan v. State, 1998-DP-00901-SCT (granting motion to set execution date)
- Shoemaker v. State, 2019-M-00832 (denying application for leave to proceed in the trial court, finding the motion frivolous, and restricting the petitioner from filing further PCR petitions in forma pauperis)
- Magee v. State, 2023-CT-00008-SCT (denying cert)
- Howell v. State, 2023-CT-00265-SCT (denying cert)
- Cauthen v. State, 2023-CT-00589-SCT (denying cert)
- Walker v. State, 2023-KA-01153-SCT (denying rehearing)
- Jordan v. State, 2024-DR-01272-SCT (denying motion for leave to file PCR motion)
- Jordan v. State, 2024-DR-01272-SCT (denying State’s motion to dismiss fifth PCR petition and denying defendant’s motion to strike)
- Timmons v. State, 2025-M-00057 (granting leave to file motion for PCR)
Mississippi Appeals Blog 
Typo in opinion in TLM Investments, LLC v. Yates, No. 2024-IA-00204-SCT, page 9, quote from Burns v. Wash. Sav., 251 Miss. 789, 172 So. 2d 322, 325 (1965), second sentence-âor at lease such benefitâ, should read âor at least such benefitâ.
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