ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY v. SEALS

No. 44942.

211 So.2d 547 (1968)

ST. REGIS PAPER COMPANY, a corporation, and Harold W. Smith v. Johnny B. SEALS, Father and Next Friend of Johnny Wayne Seals, a minor.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.S. Murphy, Owen Moss, Lucedale, M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

William T. Bailey, Lucedale, Cumbest, Cumbest, O'Barr & Shaddock, Pascagoula, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Johnny B. Seals, as father and next friend of Johnny Wayne Seals, minor, brought suit in the Circuit Court of George County against Harold W. Smith and St. Regis Paper Company for actual and punitive damages for injuries to his minor son. The case was submitted to the jury on instructions that they might find for both actual and punitive damages, and the jury returned a general verdict for $25,000 against both defendants.

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