Anderson v. Hensley-Schmidt, Inc.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the court:

Jeff C. Anderson, as legal representative of George B. Anderson, deceased, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Leflore County against Hensley-Schmidt, an engineering firm with offices in Jackson. Because of the error of the circuit court in granting a contributory negligence instruction, we reverse.

FACTS

On October 19, 1979, George B. Anderson and Boyd Lewis Kilpatrick were manual laborers employed by Georgia Electric Company of Albany, Georgia (Georgia Electric), an electrical contractor. On August 2, 1979, Georgia Electric was the…