PHILLIPS 66 CO. v. LOFTON

No. 2010-CA-01465-SCT.

94 So.3d 1051 (2012)

PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, Phillips Petroleum Company, ConocoPhillips Company, Drilling Specialties Company, L.L.C. a/k/a Drilling Specialties Company, LLC and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP, as a Successor in Interest to Conoco Phillips Company, f/k/a Phillips Petroleum Company v. Troy LOFTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Jeffrey Trotter , Holmes S. Adams , Bernard Hess Booth, IV , Ridgeland, Terry L. Caves , Laurel, Alex E. Cosculluela , A. Christopher Derden , attorneys for appellants.

Gregory Neill Jones , S. Robert Hammond, Jr. , Hattiesburg, J. Robert Sullivan, Sr. , Laurel, James Robert Sullivan, Jr. attorneys for appellee.

Before WALLER, C.J., KITCHENS and KING, JJ.


KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Troy Lofton alleges that he suffers from asbestosis as a result of exposure to the defendant's product, Flosal, during the course of his employment on various oil and gas drilling rigs. Lofton filed suit on May 19, 2004, alleging two theories of product liability (design defect and inadequate warning), as well as claims for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Following a jury trial in the Second Judicial...

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