WILLIAM COOPER AND NEPHEWS, INC. v. PEVEY

No. 48212.

317 So.2d 406 (1975)

WILLIAM COOPER AND NEPHEWS, INC. v. Waddell PEVEY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watkins & Eager, Velia Ann Mayer, Jackson, for appellant.

Mounger & Mounger, Tylertown, Jack A. Morris, Monticello, for appellee.

Before RODGERS, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

This products liability case tried in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Mississippi, resulted in a verdict and judgment for $8,600 in favor of Waddell Pevey. The suit was brought by Pevey to recover damages for the death of some of his cattle which allegedly resulted from being dipped in a solution manufactured by William Cooper & Nephews, Inc.

The controlling issue is whether the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the...

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