Legal Opinion
Howard v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 2, 1977No. Civ. A. H74-85(R)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAN M. RUSSELL, Jr., Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, residents of Ellisville, Mississippi, at the time their cause of action arose, brought this action under Mississippi’s “wrongful death statute”, Section 11-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972 (formerly Section 1453, Mississippi Code of 1942) against Sears, Roebuck and Company, a New York corporation qualified to do business in Mississippi, for the death of their son, fatally burned when a Sears Coldspot freezer allegedly exploded and caught fire. Plaintiffs claim they are entitled to recover under theories of (1) strict tort…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- State Stove Manufacturing Company v. HodgesMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
- Mrs. Frances Buckley Ward, Cross-Appellant v. The Hobart Manufacturing Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Ford Motor Company v. MatthewsMississippi Supreme Court · 1974
- Walton v. Chrysler Motor Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mrs. Margaret McCullough v. Beech Aircraft CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Coca Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. ReevesMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Brignola v. Pei-Fei LeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Trinity Marine Nashville, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Lovelace v. Astra Trading Corp.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1977
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