Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
| Decision Date | 22 May 1985 |
| Docket Number | JOHNS-MANVILLE,No. 56351,56351 |
| Citation | 469 So.2d 99 |
| Parties | James Leroy JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.SALES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants. |
| Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
Certifying questions from United States Court of Appeals, Fifth circuit.
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.
EN BANC.
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.
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