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MURPHY v. MAGNOLIA ELEC. POWER ASS'N

No. 78-2612.

639 F.2d 232 (1981)

Mrs. Bessie Reppond MURPHY, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Earl Mohon, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Homes, Jr., Metairie, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Joel W. Howell, III, and Thomas A. Bell, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before VANCE and GARZA, Circuit Judges and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants brought this diversity action in district court charging appellee Magnolia Electric Power Association (MEPA), a Mississippi power utility, with negligently causing the death by electrocution of Robert Earl Mohon. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. We hold that the trial judge committed reversible error in excluding expert testimony and remand for a new trial.

I.

Robert Mohon was electrocuted on Monday, May...

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