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BEECH v. LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 94-CA-00055-SCT.

691 So.2d 446 (1997)

Odis BEECH, Lurvia Beech, Wilson Williams and Ernestine B. Williams v. LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., Warren Richardson, Acker Smith, Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation and Georgia Pacific Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Pritchard, Kenneth B. Robertson, Pascagoula, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Seaton D. Purdom, Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant.

W. Wayne Drinkwater Jr., Lake Tindall & Thackston, Jackson, Joe Sam Owen, Owen & Galloway, Gulfport, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and McRAE and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

In 1989 the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality released a report showing that fish in the Leaf River and Pascagoula River contained dioxin, and warned citizens to refrain from eating the fish. Subsequently, the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks ordered that the Leaf River, Pascagoula River, and Escatawpa River be closed to commercial fishing...

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