Opinion ID: 1670122
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Whether the trial court erred in denying the city of Jackson's post-trial motion for amendment or reconsideration or in the alternative motion for new trial.

Text: ¶ 19. M.R.C.P. 59(e) allows an aggrieved party to make a motion to the court to alter or amend its judgment. Bang v. Pittman, 749 So.2d 47, 52 (Miss.1999). Review of a trial judge's denial of a Rule 59 motion is limited to abuse of discretion. Id. The City argues that its motion for amendment placed the trial court on notice that there was a clear error of law in the court's verdict and judgment. In its motion, the City stated that, the final Judgment and Order are contrary to the evidence and the law of the case, which should be governed exclusively by the Mississippi Torts Claim Act § 11-46-11 (2003). It is by this statement that the City argues that it put the trial court on notice that there was a clear error of law in the court's judgment. This Court disagrees. The City's motion did not assert that the judgment referenced law that was no longer applicable and did not raise any issues under § 11-46-9(1)(v) or § 11-46-3. The City did not present this issue to the trial court in its motion for amendment or for new trial. Having failed to preserve the issue, the City of Jackson is barred from raising it now on appeal. Materials Transp. Co. v. Newman, 656 So.2d 1199, 1203 (Miss.1995). ¶ 20. Notwithstanding the procedural bar, although the judgment contained references to § 11-46-3(3) (cited in the verdict as 11-46-3(c)), a statute that was no longer applicable, the correct result was obtained. Miss.Code Ann. § 11-46-9(1)(v) does not provide immunity to the City of Jackson, and as such this issue is without merit.