Case Name: James Leroy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1985-05-22
Citations: 469 So. 2d 99
Docket Number: No. 56351
Parties: James Leroy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and ROY NOBLE LEE, P.JJ., and HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 469
Pages: 99–99

Head Matter:
James Leroy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
No. 56351.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 22, 1985.
Danny E. Cupit, Cupit & Maxey, Jackson, Ronald L. Motley, Brinson Williams, Barnwell, S.C., Richard F. Pate, Mobile, Ala., for Jackson.
William N. Reed, John Holloman, III, Watkins, Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, Lively M. Wilson, Dorothy J. Chambers, Louisville, Ky., Roy C. Williams, Megehee, Brown, Williams & Mestayer, Pascagoula, for Johns-Manville, et al.

Opinion:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has certified this cause to this Court, asking that we decide the following questions of law:
Whether (1) mental anguish damages; (2) damages for cancer as a probable future consequence, and (3) punitive damages are available in asbestos products liability actions. 757 F.2d 614.
A majority of this Court after considering these issues will decline certification.
Therefore, we respectfully decline to rule upon the questions presented.
PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and ROY NOBLE LEE, P.JJ., and HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ., concur.
PRATHER, ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ., dissent.