Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of May 8, 2025

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)

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Author: Madison Taylor

Shareholder at Wilkins Patterson in Mississippi handling appeals as well as all stages of liability and workers' compensation matters. Admitted to the bar in Mississippi, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

One thought on “Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of May 8, 2025”

  1. 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-“or at lease such benefit”, should read “or at least such benefit”.

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