North Miss. Federal Court Jury Renders $82,000 Verdict for White Hospital Board Attorney in Racial Discrimination Case

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On Thursday a federal court jury in Aberdeen rendered a plaintiff verdict of $82,000 in Dulin v. Board of Commissioners of the Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Here is the verdict.

The plaintiff, age 80, was the board attorney for Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Plaintiff alleged that the Board fired him because he is white. Evidence showed that over a year before the firing, the Greenwood Voters’ League called for the Board to replace Dulin with a black lawyer. Dulin had served as Board attorney for 24 years.

The jury awarded $12,000 for back pay and wrote in “+ court and attorney fees.” The jury also awarded $70,000 for compensatory damages including emotional pain and suffering.

The case was a Greenville Division case, but the trial was in Abderdeen.

Jim Waide and Rachel Pierce of Waide & Associates in Tupelo represented the plaintiff. Susan Desmond and Daisy Gurdian of the Jackson Lewis firm in New Orleans represented the defendant. Judge Sharion Aycock presided in the case.

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Welcome to McDonald’s!!!! Video Shows Wackenhut Guard Assaulting Plaintiff in McDonald’s Premises Case

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The post last week about the Court of Appeals decision in the Hinds County Wackenhut-McDonald’s premises liability case generated a lot of discussion. Posted below are the two videos from inside the McDonald’s. The first video shows the Wackenhut security guard shoving the plaintiff with a lot of force. The second video from the back of the store better shows what plaintiff was doing and that the restaurant was empty. Matt Eichelberger’s comment to the original post indicates that the security guard got caught lying about what happened.

Having reviewed the videos, I vote not a frivolous case. My definition for “frivolous” is a case that has no arguable merit. The merits of this case are debatable. A jury reviewed the facts and determined that the case had merits. It could have gone the other way. This video is probably the main reason the Court remanded the case for a new trial instead of rendering.