MACK TRUCKS, INC. v. TACKETT

No. 98-CA-00419-SCT.

841 So.2d 1107 (2003)

MACK TRUCKS, INC. and Cummins Engine Company, Inc., v. Bobbi TACKETT, wrongful death beneficiary of Tony Joe Murphree.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Mitchell Cowan, Joseph J. Stroble, Jackson, Michael D. Chase, Tupelo, L.F. Sams, William C. Spencer, Flowood, Pope Shannon Mallette, Oxford, attorneys for appellants.

E. Farish Percy, Oxford, Gary L. Carnathan, Amory, Grady F. Tollison, Oxford, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

COBB, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is granted. The original opinions are withdrawn, and this opinion substituted therefor.

¶ 2. This products liability case presents issues of liability as well as apportionment of any such liability under our allocation of fault statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 85-5-7 (1999). We dispose of the liability issues summarily and affirm. Plaintiff, on cross-appeal...

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