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STATE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. HODGES

No. 2004-IA-01344-SCT.

919 So.2d 943 (2006)

STATE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Tennessee Corporation v. Maxine HODGES, Individually and as a Wrongful Death Beneficiary of Michelle Denise Hodges, and Lashonda Lawonda Hodges, a Minor and Wrongful Death Beneficiary of Michelle Denise Hodges.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bull, William M. Dalehite, Jr., Lanny R. Pace, Jackson, Travis J. Rhoades, attorneys for appellant.

Sheila M. Bossier, Richard A. Freese, Dennis C. Sweet, III, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. On September 6, 1992, eight-year-old Michelle Denise Hodges was burned when a gas-fired hot water heater located in her grandparents' home exploded. Hodges died from her injuries thirteen days later. Hodges's mother and sister filed a wrongful death suit in the Circuit Court of Holmes County in 1999 naming Mississippi Valley Gas Company as the primary defendant. State Industries, Inc. was joined as a defendant in...

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