SMITH v. MACK TRUCKS, INC.

No. 98-CA-00759-SCT.

819 So.2d 1258 (2002)

Dorothy M. SMITH, R.C. Kilcrease, Jr., Robert Edgar Kilcrease and Roger Dale Ruffin v. MACK TRUCKS, INC. and Jackson Mack Sales, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bo Roland, Jackson, Steven Mark Wann, Marie M. Fyke, attorneys for appellants.

H. Mitchell Cowan, Keith R. Raulston, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


DIAZ, J., for the court.

¶ 1. Jeffery Kilcrease died as a result of a single-vehicle log truck accident on November 6, 1991. His wrongful death beneficiaries filed suit against Mack Trucks, Inc. and Jackson Mack Sales, Inc. in Hinds County Circuit Court on March 2, 1993. The complaint alleged that the Mack truck Kilcrease was driving at the time of the accident had a defective brake system. On July 1, 1994, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint alleging that...

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