ENTENTE MINERAL CO. v. PARKER

No. 91-1290.

956 F.2d 524 (1992)

ENTENTE MINERAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Derek E. PARKER, et al., Defendants, Pat M. Barrett, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Purdy, William F. Blair, Ott, Purdy & Scott, Jackson, Miss., for Entente Mineral Co.

J. Wyatt Hazard, Charles L. Bearman, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, Miss., for Pat M. Barrett, et al.

Before THORNBERRY, GARWOOD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a directed verdict. The defendant-appellee law firm was sued for vicarious liability. The district court directed a verdict in favor of the firm, concluding as a matter of law that the jury could not find vicarious liability. The plaintiff-appellant, Entente, appeals the district court's directed verdict. We find that the jury could not have found vicarious liability and the...

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