Luther McGill, Inc. v. Bradley

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

MeRAE, Justice,

for the court:

This Court grants the petition for rehearing and the original opinions are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted.

I

A jury of the Jones County Circuit Court awarded Richard T. Bradley, an employee of MURCO Drilling Company, $10,000,000.00 for injuries he sustained as a result of the negligence of employees of Luther McGill, *13Inc. The jury further found each party, Bradley and McGill, to be fifty percent con-tributorily negligent, reducing the judgment against McGill by $5,000,000.00. McGill raises nine issues on appeal; we address only…