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CORAL DRILLING, INC. v. BISHOP

No. 46600.

260 So.2d 463 (1972)

CORAL DRILLING, INC., et al. v. Charles L. BISHOP.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbes, Graves, Mullins & Bullock, Laurel, Marvin Oates, Bay Springs, for appellant.

Maxey, Clark & Casey, Laurel, Robert H. McFarland, Bay Springs, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi. Charles L. Bishop sued Coral Drilling, Inc. (Coral), then a nonresident corporation, and its driver, Robert Reeves, for personal injuries sustained when complainant fell from a telephone pole. The fall resulted in Bishop being totally and permanently paralyzed from the waist down. The chancery court found that Bishop had sustained damages...

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