MEDDERS v. U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. CO.

No. 07-CA-59570.

623 So.2d 979 (1993)

James MEDDERS, Margaret Medders, James Medders, Jr., Melissa Kay Medders, Doris Mitchell Medders, Michael Hugh Medders, Charlotte Bradley Medders, Robert Winon Medders, Myra Lewellyn Medders, Dennis Randall Medders, Deborah Ann Harpole, and Harvey Medders, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Edwin Chapman, Chapman & Heaton, Dana J. Swan, Chapman Lewis & Swan, Clarksdale, for appellants.

Gerald H. Jacks, Andrew M.W. Westerfield, Jacks Adams & Westerfield, Cleveland, for appellee.

EN BANC.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

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