Legal Opinion

Crowe v. Brasfield & Gorrie Contractor

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1996No. 96-FC-00482-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

688 So.2d 752 (1996)

John David CROWE

v.

BRASFIELD & GORRIE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, INC. and FaBarc Steel Supply, Inc.

No. 96-FC-00482-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1996.

En Banc.

DAN LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This case is before this Court upon certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The question certified to this Court is as follows:

WHETHER MISSISSIPPI'S WORKER'S COMPENSATION ACT EXTENDS IMMUNITY TO A GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR A SUBCONTRACTOR IN A NEGLIGENCE ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST THEM BY THE EMPLOYEE OF A SUB-SUBCONTRACTOR?

We answer the…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. McCluskey v. ThompsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Doubleday v. Boyd Const. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Baker & Conrad, Inc. v. Chicago Heights Construction Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Nash v. Damson Oil Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. MOSLEY v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  4. Castillo v. MEK Const., Inc.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999
  5. Culpepper v. Double R, Inc.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2003

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