GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. PEGUES

No. 96-CA-01333 COA.

738 So.2d 746 (1998)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Jimmy PEGUES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1999.

Certiorari Denied May 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew N. Alexander, III, Greenville, Attorney for Appellant.

Richard T. Phillips, Batesville, Attorney for Appellee.

Before BRIDGES, C.J., HINKEBEIN, and KING, JJ.


BRIDGES, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Jimmy Pegues, a resident of Panola County, Mississippi, was involved in an automobile accident on April 27, 1986. Pegues argued that a defective ball joint on a 1982 Chevrolet pickup truck broke, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, leave the roadway, and crash into a concrete box culvert resulting in severe disabling injuries, including but not limited to, the amputation of his left leg. General Motors (GM) argued that...

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