Opinion ID: 2495846
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Heading: Jury Instruction Number 7 (car-safety seat)

Text: ¶ 54. Dewey asserts that the trial court erred in granting the instruction regarding the car safety seat.... Dewey contends that the instruction excused Byrd and Independent Roofing's negligent actions because it authorized the jury to consider that Jonathan had gotten out of his car seat for other purposes under Mississippi law.... ¶ 55. We assume that Dewey refers to Byrd and Independent Roofing's proposed car-seat instruction, D-22, which the trial court ultimately denied. In fact, the trial court granted the plaintiffs' requested car-safety-seat instruction, P-20A. Jury instruction number 7 (P-20A) specifically stated that the jury could not consider whether Jonathan was buckled in his car seat as evidence of contributory negligence on behalf of Leah or Jonathan. Because Dewey is mistaken about the instruction the jury received, his claim lacks merit. Mariner Health Care, Inc., 964 So.2d at 1156.