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TITAN INDEMNITY CO. v. HOOD

No. 2001-CA-00869-SCT.

895 So.2d 138 (2004)

TITAN INDEMNITY COMPANY, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Carroll V. HOOD, Hico, Inc. and Old South Insurance Group, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Frederick Ahrend, James W. Craig, Luther T. Munford, Jackson, W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr., Margaret Oertling Cupples, Vivian Conway Henley, Charles G. Copeland, Rebecca Jordan Blunden, Ridgeland, Christopher Royce Shaw, Jackson, Evan M. Tager, Christopher C. Wang, attorneys for appellants.

James D. Shannon, Elise Berry Munn, Kelley Mitchell Berry, Renee C. Harrison, Hazlehurst, Brandon Lee Ogburn, William A. Allain, C. Lee Lott, III, Jackson, Eugene M. Harlow, Christopher Brian McDaniel, Laurel, Walker (Bill) Jones, Robert M. Arentson, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The jury award in this breach of contract case from Copiah County exceeded $82 Million,1 $80 Million of which was punitive damages. The contract in question contains a provision which vests the courts of Bexar County, Texas, with exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the issues litigated by the parties. Accordingly, we reverse and render.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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