Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Conservatorship of Campbell

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided October 7, 2008No. 2007-CA-00906-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Thomas Dorsey Campbell appeals the judgment of the Chancery Court of Lamar County, which denied his petition to terminate his conservatorship. Finding no error, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 1985, Campbell suffered a serious brain injury from an on-the-job accident, when he fell approximately thirty feet onto a concrete floor after inhaling hydrogen sulfide. He was declared mentally incompetent, and his father established a conser-vatorship for him in 1986. In 1988, Campbell received a settlement of over $2,000,000 for the accident.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Reddell v. ReddellMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Union Chevrolet Co. v. ArringtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Selman v. SelmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  4. In Re Conservatorship of BardwellMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Harvey v. MeadorMississippi Supreme Court · 1984

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