Case Name: The WESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, et al. v. R. L. YELVERTON
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1981-09-16
Citations: 404 So. 2d 1022
Docket Number: No. 52783
Parties: The WESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, et al. v. R. L. YELVERTON.
Judges: Before SMITH, P. J., and BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 404
Pages: 1022–1022

Head Matter:
The WESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, et al. v. R. L. YELVERTON.
No. 52783.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Sept. 16, 1981.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 4, 1981.
William H. Cox, Jr., Cox & Dunn, John H. Downey, Wells, Downey & Wicker, Jackson, for appellants.
John M. Roach, Gary K. Jones, Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Appeal from Circuit Court, Hinds County; Dan M. Lee, Judge.
Before SMITH, P. J., and BOWLING and HAWKINS, JJ.
REVERSED & DISMISSED as to Cooper Import. REVERSED as to Western Casualty on the issue of damages alone unless Dr. Yelverton shall within fifteen days after receipt of this Court's mandate in the trial court, enter a remittitur in the amount of $5,800, reducing the judgment to $4,200. In the event the remittitur is entered, the judgment will be affirmed in the amount of $4,200.
PATTERSON, C. J., ROBERTSON, P. J., and SUGG, WALKER and BROOM, JJ., concur.
LEE, J., took no part.