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BICKERSTAFF v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL. CO.

No. 81-4409 Summary Calendar.

676 F.2d 163 (1982)

Lois BICKERSTAFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell H. Trapp, Jr., Corinth, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

James Hugh Ray, Tupelo, Miss., George H. Butler, W. Scott Welch, III, Christy D. Jones, Roger M. Flynt, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

In this Mississippi diversity action the plaintiff was injured while talking on the telephone in her home during a thunderstorm. She brought suit against the telephone company for negligently failing to warn her of the possible danger of electrical shock when using the telephone during an electrical storm. After a trial on the merits,1 the jury rendered its verdict in favor...

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