Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Mary Bethanne Acey

PIERCE, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. One afternoon in Tunica County, Mississippi, A.A., a minor, was electrocuted while playing on the farmland of David and Sherry Melton. Riley Berry, who worked for the Meltons, had parked a cotton picker under an allegedly sagging power line, which was owned by Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Ultimately, A.A. climbed onto the cotton picker, touched the power line, and was electrocuted. Berry’s deposition provides that he and his sons were unaware that A.A. and the Meltons’ daughter were playing nearby. One of Berry’s sons saw a flash out of the corner of his eye,…