Legal Opinion
Munn v. Algee
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided February 8, 1990No. DC87-124-S-OPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SENTER, Chief Judge.
This action was brought to recover for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s wife as well as the plaintiff’s own personal injuries. The matter was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $20,411.67 as compensation for the medical bills incurred by his wife and for the suffering she endured prior to her death. The jury further found that the death of plaintiff’s decedent was 100 percent attributable to her refusal of a blood transfusion and therefore awarded no damages for wrongful death. The jury also awarded the plaintiff $241.44…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. ErwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Harold E. Alverez, Cross-Appellee v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Munn v. AlgeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Douglas Dobynes, United States of America v. Earl Wright, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- James Dawson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Horton v. American Tobacco Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
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