LARCO DRILLING & EXPLORATION CORP. v. BROWN

No. 46764.

267 So.2d 308 (1972)

LARCO DRILLING & EXPLORATION CORP. v. Otis BROWN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 9, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, John M. Roach, Jackson, for appellant.

Statham & Watkins, Magnolia, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Appellee, Otis Brown, sued Appellant, Larco Drilling and Exploration Corporation, in the Circuit Court of Pike County for damages sustained by him when he jumped from the bulldozer that he was operating and broke his leg. The blade of the bulldozer hit an angle joint of a gas supply line owned by Larco and ruptured it. The escaping gas made a loud noise and frightened Brown. He testified that he was either blown off or jumped off the bulldozer...

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