Opinion ID: 1136285
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Heading: whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of an indemnification agreement between the contractor for whom sumrall worked and mississippi power company.

Text: Sumrall argues the trial court erred in excluding evidence of an agreement between W.C. Fore and Mississippi Power whereby W.C. Fore would indemnify Mississippi Power for any liability incurred as a result of the work performed by W.C. Fore. The trial judge questioned the relevance of the evidence and ruled that any relevance was outweighed by the prejudicial effect the evidence would have on the jury, citing Mississippi Rules of Evidence 403. Sumrall contends that evidence of the indemnification agreement was necessary to prove that W.C. Fore had an interest in the litigation. Sumrall again fails to offer any authority in support of his assignment of error. As previously stated, the appellant bears the burden of persuasion on appeal, and this Court will not consider issues on appeal for which no supporting authority has been cited. Century 21 Deep South Properties, Ltd. v. Corson, 612 So.2d 359, 370 (Miss. 1992); R.C. Petroleum, Inc. v. Hernandez, 555 So.2d 1017, 1023 (Miss. 1990). We therefore decline to consider this issue on appeal.