Splain v. Hines
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
609 So.2d 1234 (1992)
Charles SPLAIN, a Minor
v.
Florence HINES.
No. 89-CA-00055.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 26, 1992.
Rehearing Denied December 3, 1992.
Crymes G. Pittman, Joseph E. Roberts, Jr., Cothren & Pittman, Jackson, for appellant.
Michael W. Ulmer, Frank A. Wood, Watkins & Eager, Janet McMurtray, Jackson, for appellee.
En Banc.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I
This appeal of a civil action presents at its core questions regarding the range of tolerable levels of generality of expression in jury instructions, singly and in the aggregate. The case arises from a near tragedy a young…
Also in this document: Dissent · Pittman; Dissent · McRAE.
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