LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. v. HARRISON

No. 52327.

392 So.2d 1138 (1981)

LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. v. B. Alton HARRISON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Web Heidelberg, R.W. Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Sutherland & McKenzie, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

James A. Becker, Jr., Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, BROOM and HAWKINS, JJ.


BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

Respondeat superior highlights this tort action appealed from the Circuit Court of Scott County. There plaintiff B. Alton Harrison won a $433,000 jury verdict and judgment for severe personal injuries he received when his car, driven by him, collided with a log truck driven by Hartis Donald, an employee of defendant Claude McDonald d/b/a C & D Logging (McDonald herein). Theory of plaintiff's case is that McDonald was the employee...

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