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HUGHES v. TUPELO OIL CO., INC.

No. 56598.

510 So.2d 502 (1987)

Frances Haven HUGHES, as Personal Representative of Ronald Wayne Haven, Deceased v. TUPELO OIL COMPANY, INC., a Mississippi Corporation, and Eddy (Eddie) R. Brown.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.R. Garner, Garner & Garner, Hernando, Ralph E. Chapman, Chapman, Bobo & Heaton, Clarksdale, Jack R. Jones, III, Taylor, Jones, Alexander, Greenlee, Seale & Ryan, Southaven, for appellant.

William C. Murphree, Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone & Sams, Tupelo, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.

WALKER, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Frances Haven Hughes, mother of Ronald Wayne Haven, deceased, filed a wrongful death action against Tupelo Oil Company, Inc. (Tupelo Oil), and its employee Eddy Brown. At the conclusion of trial in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. From a judgment entered pursuant to that verdict, Hughes appeals, and Tupelo Oil and Brown cross-appeal. We reverse and remand on both direct appeal...

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