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HOLIFIELD v. PITTS SWABBING CO.

No. 58094.

533 So.2d 1112 (1988)

James D. HOLIFIELD v. PITTS SWABBING COMPANY, Getty Oil Company, Austin Oil, Inc., Frank Austin, and Mike Cheeseman.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Deakle, Deakle & Deakle, Hattiesburg, William E. Phillips, Laurel, for appellant.

Brooke Ferris, Gibbes, Graves, Mullins, Bullock, & Ferris, Laurel, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The central issue in this appeal is the applicability of the doctrine of strict liability in tort to the construction of an oil well by an oil company for its own use. Getty Oil Company, the owner/operator of an oil well, is charged with selling a defective "product" with a wellhead equipment design defect into the stream of commerce, which "product" caused the injury to the plaintiff James D. Holifield. From the granting of a summary...

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