Mrs. Bessie Reppond Murphy, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Earl Mohon v. Magnolia Electric Power Association

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants brought this diversity action in district court charging appellee Magnolia Electric Power Association (MEPA), a Mississippi power utility, with negligently causing the death by electrocution of Robért Earl Mohon. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. We hold that the trial judge committed reversible error in excluding expert testimony and remand for a new trial.

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Robert Mohon was electrocuted on Monday, May 13, 1974 in a swampy rural area near Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. His death took place at the site of a temporary repair of a power line break, made by…