Legal Opinion · Dissent

Nassar v. Latex Construction Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 1971No. 46361Published

1DissentPatterson, Justice

(dissenting) :

The evidence leads me to a conclusion different from that of several of my brethren. The majority opinion lends verity, I think, to the cliche that the forest cannot be seen for the trees in the way. Here the disability cannot be seen for the inability of doctors to explain the cause of disability. All witnesses concede that the claimant has an insensitive left arm and to this extent is disabled. Likewise, they virtually agree that the claimant has lost to some degree the area of motion of his left arm though again two doctors were unable to explain this loss. However, the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Central Electric Power Ass'n v. HicksMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Lucedale Veneer Co. v. RogersMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Masonite Corporation v. FieldsMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
  4. M. T. Reed Construction Co. v. GarrettMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Russell v. Sohio Southern Pipe Lines, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959

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