JACKSON — The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state is liable for serious injuries a Meridian man suffered when a dead tree on state-owned property fell onto his moving vehicle, reversing a lower court decision and awarding the plaintiff the maximum $500,000 allowed under state law. The ruling in Charles Carter v. The State of Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Transportation and Secretary of State for the State of Missis…
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