Legal Opinion

Pearson v. Columbus and Greenville Ry.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided December 8, 1998No. 96-CA-00984COAPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

737 So.2d 390 (1998)

Bernice PEARSON, Appellant,

v.

COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY, A Mississippi Corporation, Appellee.

No. 96-CA-00984COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 8, 1998.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1999.

Pat M. Barrett Jr., Lexington, for Appellant.

W. Dean Belk, Indianola, for Appellee.

Before BRIDGES, C.J., and DIAZ and SOUTHWICK, JJ.

SOUTHWICK, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This is the second appeal in a personal injury suit brought by Bernice Pearson against the Columbus & Greenville Railway. The suit arose from a 1991 grade crossing accident in which Mrs. Pearson ran into a…

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  4. California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. GuerraSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by9 opinions

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