ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO. v. ACUFF

No. 2005-CA-00388-SCT.

950 So.2d 947 (2006)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. Phillip ACUFF, Charles W. Brown, William Carlisle, James M. Carpenter, Lamar Clark, C.H. Cobb, Hubert Deer, William R. Johnston, Dan C. Jones, Clythus Mason, Charlie E. McNeil, Johnny W. Mitchell, York Sit, Charles R. Warren, Lester Ray Warren, and Willie Woodberry and James Expose v. Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie D. Bailey, Glenn F. Beckham, Greenwood, Thomas R. Peters, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Canton, attorneys for appellant.

Thomas W. Brock, Mccomb, William S. Guy, attorneys for appellees.

Before WALLER, P.J., EASLEY and DICKINSON, JJ.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal and cross-appeal arise from the circuit court's denial of a railroad company's motion to dismiss its employees' asbestos-related injury claims and the court's subsequent order enforcing the settlement agreement between the parties. The railroad argues the circuit court erred by not dismissing the employees' claims based on their submission of false affidavits, the execution of prior releases covering the asbestos...

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