WEBSTER v. MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHERS CORP.

No. 07-CA-58372.

571 So.2d 946 (1990)

Lois WEBSTER v. MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHERS CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cotton Ruthven, Waller & Waller, Jackson, for appellant.

Suzanne N. Saunders and Sheila R. Fortenberry, Saunders Abel & Fortenberry, Jackson, for appellee.

W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr., John C. Henegan, Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Robb M. Jones, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Washington, D.C., John Grower, William L. Smith, Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes, Jackson, S. Russell Headrick, Armstrong Allen Prewitt Gentry Johnston & Holmes, Memphis, Tenn., Daniel L. Singletary, Heidelberg & Woodliff, Luther Ott, Ott & Purdy, Peyton S. Irby, Jr., Watkins Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, Steven Moll, Sabin Bermant & Gould, New York City, Edward Sledge, III, Hand Arandall Bedsole Greaves & Johnson, Mobile, Ala., John Nangle, Des Plaines, III., Louis Watson, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Vardaman S. Dunn, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Jack M. Weiss, Phelps Dunbar Marks Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for amici curiae.

En Banc.


BLASS, Justice, for the Court:

THE ORIGINAL OPINIONS IN THIS CASE ARE WITHDRAWN AND THESE OPINIONS ARE SUBSTITUTED THEREFOR.

I.

Today's appellant complains of personal injuries caused by the negligent driving of a hauler for a newspaper publishing company. The complaint below was dismissed on the defendant's motion for summary judgment on the ground that the hauler was an independent contractor for whose...

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