DUEITT v. WILLIAMS

No. 84-4698.

764 F.2d 1180 (1985)

Darvin Ray DUEITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Paul WILLIAMS, Don Acy and George Bodman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Minor, Judy M. Guice, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. Web Heidelberg, R.W. Heidelberg, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and CASSIBRY, Senior District Judge.


CASSIBRY, Senior District Judge:

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the district court correctly decided that Mississippi law applies to this negligence action by an employee against his co-employees for injuries received while temporarily employed in Mississippi by an Alabama employer and covered by Alabama's workmen's compensation law. We disapprove the district court's method of decision and remand for further consideration of the conflict of laws issue...

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