Legal Opinion
Doyle Nations and Marie Nations v. Sun Oil Company (Delaware) and Sun Production Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1983No. 82-4041PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
Doyle Nations is the last of three employees of Mississippi Welding Service to sue Sun Oil Company as a result of an explosion at an oil well site. He is also the only survivor of the trio. A jury awarded verdiets of $500,000 to Nations and $150,000 to his wife Marie. Sun Oil appeals the consequent judgments on a number of grounds, but most importantly because of a supervening decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court. This decision requires that the district court’s judgments must be vacated and the action remanded to permit a proper determination of whether the status of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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