PRESCOTT v. LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS

Nos. 96-CA-00942-SCT, 96-CA-00977-SCT and 96-CA-00978-SCT.

740 So.2d 301 (1999)

Evelyn PRESCOTT, James Edward Nickelson, Jack Long, Earline Keith, Eddie Kelley, James Mike Anders, Gary Waylon Howell, Ray Myrick, Clarence M. Shows, George R. Parker, Roy D. Dickenson, Darnell Prescott, Debra D. Prescott, Amon D. Merritt, Sandra Merritt, Ronald E. West, Wanda Jo West, Brenda J. Fortenberry, Charles F. Fortenberry, Sr., Carrol C. Keith, Elvin Keith, Eva Dee Keith, Kennis Keith, Carol W. Keith (Ritchie), Hilda B. Long, Jessie Jack Long, Betty Frank Welborn, Jerald Leon Welborn, Bruce R. Willcutt, Billy A. Albair, Jr., Frances Albair, Joseph A. Vayda, Sr., Ruth M. Vayda, Elva Mae Verrett, Linda Diane Allman, Randall Allman, Emelie Dixon, James Joe Dixon, Arlie D. Hodges, Darryl Hurt, Mary F. Hurt, Carolyn Keith, Delton Keith, Roger Keith, Clara P. Kelley, Eddie L. Kelley, Frances Darlene Kelley, Samuel Mark Kelley, Frank F. Rodler, Billie Elaine Rogers, William H. Roger, Jr., Raymond K. Schneider, Rosaland C. Schneider v. LEAF RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith. Gerald D. Wicks, Merlin Joseph Wagner, Sr., Kenneth Dee McQuire, W.W. Williams, Jr., Russell H. Hubbard, Jr., Raymond E. Kraft, Sr., Mack A. Buckley, James Frank Williams, Joseph D. McQueen, Evelyn Baradell, Isom Clifton, John Paul McDonald, Clifton Edward Ratcliff, Jr., Larry V. Breland, Rodney George Carter, Susan Carter, Charles Hartsfield, Jr., Leta Hartsfield, Nancy Joyce Wicks, Grace L. Hudgins, Herman N. Hudgins, Dorothy Dell Martin, James O. Shepard, Pamella Lynn Wagner, Gene Whitehurst, Jeannie Whitehurst, Elsie J. McQuire, Sybil Adkins, Curtis Andrew Archey, Martha Archey, Robert E. Barton, Nelsa Brannon, Mary Firth, Patricia L. Goodwin, Ronald D. Goodwin, Karia Renee Hamrac, Ronald Edward Hamrac, Elizabeth Williams, Ethel Wozencraft, John Wozencraft, Lucy Wozencraft, Pamela Hubbard, Frances McQueen, J.D. McQueen, Sr., Lori Ates, Steve Ates, Oree Baucum, Jr., Wanda Baucum, Helen Bexley, Bobbie Jean Bolton, Lucy Bolton, Ezra B. Bond v. Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith. Cassandra Dillon, Kenneth R. Miller, J. Clark Daughdrill, Thurman H. Brister, T.A. Wilder, Jr., Jimmie P. James, Jimmy A. Ellzey, Shirley L. Ellzey, Cleon A. Hartley, Evelyn Hartley, David W. Simmons, Lourdes Delcarmen Simmons, Patricia A. Brister, Cassie E. Daughdrill, William Marion Daughdrill, Benjamin A. Eubanks, Bruce L. Eubanks, Buford L. Eubanks, Charles E. Eubanks, Dawn Eubanks, Horrace R. Eubanks, Mary E. Eubanks, Owen M. Eubanks, Owen Eubanks, Sharon K. Eubanks, Sheryl P. Eubanks, Teri C. Eubanks, Lee Ann Farrior, Catherine S. Green, Samuel C. Green, Jean Webb Lott, Jerry W. Lott, Kenneth R. Miller, Marlene Miller, Jerry Morrison, Peggy Morrison, Chestine O'Neal, Jerald O'Neal, Hollis L. Welford, Rosie M. Welford, T.A. Wilder, Joyce James, Maxine Sylvester and Wilmer Sylvester v. Leaf River Forest Products, Inc., Leaf River Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Warren Richardson, and Acker Smith.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Hayden, Hattiesburg, Darryl A. Hurt, Darryl A. Hurt, Jr., Larry O. Norris, Lucedale, John M. Deakle, Hattiesburg, Attorneys for Appellants in No. 96-CA-00942-SCT.

John M. Deakle, William R. Couch, Hattiesburg, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, Attorneys for Appellants in No. 96-CA-00977-SCT and 96-CA-00978-SCT.

James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, Joe Sam Owen, Gulfport, W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr., Jackson, Joe R. Colingo, Pascagoula, Margaret Stewart Oertling, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellees.

EN BANC.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This matter is before this Court on the Appellees' motion for rehearing. The motion for rehearing is granted. The original opinion is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.

¶ 2. We have for review a motion for summary judgment granted against property owners along the Leaf River claiming damages resulting from chemical wastes

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