Legal Opinion
Standard Products, Inc. v. Patterson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 14, 1975No. 48139PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
317 So.2d 376 (1975)
STANDARD PRODUCTS, INC.
v.
Myrtis L. PATTERSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Melvin Witherspoon, Deceased.
No. 48139.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 14, 1975.
Megehee, Brown, Williams & Corlew, Pascagoula, A. Clay Rankin, III, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.
Johnston, Pritchard & Wright, Pascagoula, for appellee.
Before RODGERS, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.
RODGERS, Presiding Justice.
Melvin Witherspoon drowned while employed as a fisherman aboard a vessel owned and operated by Standard Products, Inc. He was a young single man living with his parents, to whom he was said to have…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Dendy v. City of PascagoulaMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
- American Barge Line Co. v. Leatherman's Adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
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