MISSISSIPPI POWER CO. v. JONES

No. 50793.

369 So.2d 1381 (1979)

MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Robert L. JONES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Glover & Walton, David Williams, Meridian, for appellant.

Sandusky & Bailey, David Stephenson, Lawrence W. Rabb, Eppes & Shannon, J.R. Shannon, Meridian, for appellees.

EN BANC.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

This case involves an appeal by Mississippi Power Company from a judgment in favor of Robert L. Jones against it for $5,000 actual damages and $15,000 punitive damages. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company cross-appealed from the judgment which limited its subrogation rights to the actual damages assessed by the jury, contending it is entitled to share in the award of punitive damages as a compensation carrier which had paid Workmen...

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