INGALLS SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION v. McDOUGALD

No. 45477.

228 So.2d 365 (1969)

INGALLS SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION v. Neill R. McDOUGALD, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellant.

Cumbest, Cumbest & Shaddock, Earl L. Koskela, Pascagoula, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

Neill R. McDougald, Jr., plaintiff-appellee, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation seeking damages for personal injuries received by him when he stepped off a platform on the upper deck of a vessel under repair by Ingalls in its Pascagoula shipyard and fell. The jury returned a $75,000 verdict for plaintiff, and Ingalls has appealed from a judgment based on that verdict.

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases