SWAGGART v. HANEY

No. 50442.

363 So.2d 251 (1978)

Gilbert SWAGGART and Amoco Oil Company v. Richard E. HANEY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Richard S. Bush, Cary E. Bufkin, Jackson, for appellants.

Mulhearn & Mulhearn, Wells & Blalock, Tim D. Blalock, Natchez, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM, and LEE, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Tort action (personal injury) is the nature of the suit of Richard E. Haney (plaintiff, appellee) against Gilbert Swaggart and Amoco Oil Company (defendants, appellants). Trial in the Circuit Court of Adams County resulted in a verdict of $100,000 in favor of Haney. Amoco and its driver, Swaggart, seek reversal of the judgment against them on the grounds that (1) the evidence was insufficient, (2) the verdict was excessive, and (3) inadmissible...

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