Opinion ID: 4441996
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Claims barred for lack of standing

Text: ¶46. JRE brought claims against the defendants for harassment and intimidation of its agents and intentional infliction of emotional distress on its agents; assault on its agents; and false imprisonment. As the trial court noted, these causes of action are against “the person of JRE’s employees . . . [and not] against the [entity] of JRE.” As a result, the “real part[ies] in interest” for these claims are JRE’s employees, not JRE. Kirk, 973 So. 2d at 988 (¶ 21) (Miss. 2007). JRE lacks standing to bring these claims. Id. The circuit court did not err by granting summary judgment on these grounds. ¶47. Further, the plaintiffs did not assign as error or make any argument respecting this portion of the circuit court’s order. Therefore, argument against the dismissal of these claims is waived. See, e.g., Collins v. City of Newton, 240 So. 3d 1211, 1221 (¶ 34) (Miss. 2018) (“Because the issue was not argued in . . . appellate briefing, we consider it abandoned and waived.” (citing Sumrall v. State, 758 So. 2d 1091, 1094 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000))); Petty v. Baptist Mem’l Health Care Corp., 190 So. 3d 17, 20 (¶ 7) (Miss. Ct. App. 2015) (plaintiff “failed, on appeal, to raise any arguments regarding the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment on her claims of tortious interference and defamation, [and] she has now waived those issues.”).