Legal Opinion
Bobby G. Freeman on Behalf of Himself and the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Laura Freeman v. Lester Coggins Trucking, Inc., and Kenneth R. Deis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1985No. 85-4075PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
This is a Mississippi diversity action. The plaintiff Freeman sues for the wrongful death, Miss.Code Ann. § 11-7-13 (1984 Supp.), of his infant daughter Laura, on behalf of himself and of four other statutory wrongful death beneficiaries (i.e., Laura’s mother and her three minor siblings). Freeman appeals from the dismissal of these claims on the ground of collateral estoppel. The district court based its dismissal on the circumstance that — in a previous suit brought by Freeman individually against the present same defendants for his own personal injuries arising from the…
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