DAVES v. REED

No. 45321.

222 So.2d 411 (1969)

Upton DAVES v. Joe W. REED.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, DeLong, Keady & Robertson, Greenville, for appellant.

Jacobs, Griffith & Hatcher, Cleveland, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.

This tort action originated in the Circuit Court for the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County. It involves questions of whether the doctrines of assumption of risk and intervening cause preclude any liability by defendant-appellant, Upton Daves, to plaintiff-appellee, Joe W. Reed. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Reed for $20,000. The Circuit Court reduced it to $19,500, because Daves' insurance carrier had already paid Reed ...

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