SPERRY-NEW HOLLAND v. PRESTAGE

No. 90-CA-0657.

617 So.2d 248 (1993)

SPERRY-NEW HOLLAND, A DIVISION OF SPERRY CORPORATION v. John Paul PRESTAGE and Pam Prestage.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Ulmer, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for defendant-appellant.

William B. Raiford, III, John H. Cocke, Charles M. Merkel, Jr., Merkel & Cocke, Clarksdale, Wayne E. Ferrell, Jr., Dale Hubbard, Ferrell & Hubbard, Jackson, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE and PRATHER, P.JJ., and PITTMAN, J.


PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, plaintiffs-appellees, John Paul Prestage and his wife, Pam Prestage [hereinafter Prestage], sought damages arising out of the loss of John Prestage's foot and lower leg when it was caught in a combine manufactured by the defendant-appellant, Sperry-New Holland [hereinafter Sperry].

In this products liability and negligence suit, Prestage proceeded on two theories of liability...

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