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LITTLE v. LIQUID AIR CORP.

No. 90-1807.

939 F.2d 1293 (1991)

Wilma LITTLE and Linda Carter, Mother and Next Friend of Anidra Catrone Carter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIQUID AIR CORPORATION, Chevron Chemical Company and Victor Manufacturing Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Lewis, Pauline S. Lewis, Lewis & Lewis, Clarksdale, Miss., Hollowell & Kelly, Greenville, Miss., for Little and Carter.

John L. Low, IV, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Miss., for Liquid Air.

Frank W. Hunger, Marian S. Alexander, Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Greenville, Miss., for Chevron.

W. Swan Yerger, Gene D. Berry, Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, Miss., for Victor Mfg.

Before POLITZ, JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Summary judgment is a significant weapon in the arsenal of the district courts, insuring the efficient resolution of claims and defenses that lack genuine issues of material fact.1 This procedural device, however, does not permit a district court to resolve factual issues that are properly left to a jury. The plaintiffs in the instant case sought recovery for the wrongful deaths of Marvin Joe Little ("Little") and...

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