Fruchter v. Lynch Oil Co.

522 So.2d 195 (1988)

Elaine G. FRUCHTER,

v.

LYNCH OIL COMPANY.

No. 57334.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 3, 1988.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1988.

S. Allan Alexander, Patterson, Tollison & Alexander, Oxford, for appellant.

H. Scot Sgragins, S.T. Rayburn, Sumners, Hickman & Rayburn, Oxford, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Today's personal injury case turns on the rule of respondeat superior. The Circuit Court summarily resolved the issue against plaintiff after discovery had failed to establish the defendant gasoline…