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FORD MOTOR CO. v. TENNIN

Nos. 2003-IA-02546-SCT, 2003-IA-02547-SCT, 2003-CA-02601-SCT.

960 So.2d 379 (2007)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY and World Rental Car Sales of Mississippi, LLC v. Julia TENNIN, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of L.C. Tennin, III, Deceased, and on behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries; and Patricia Alexander, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Antoine Alexander, Deceased, and on behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries. Ford Motor Company and World Rental Car Sales of Mississippi, LLC v. Julia Tennin, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of L.C. Tennin, III, Deceased, and on behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries; and Patricia Alexander, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Antoine Alexander, Deceased, and on behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries. Ford Motor Company and World Rental Car Sales of Mississippi, LLC v. Julia Tennin, Individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of L.C. Tennin, III, Deceased, and on Behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries; and Patricia Alexander, individually, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Antoine Alexander, Deceased, and on behalf of all other Wrongful Death Beneficiaries.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Wallace, Reuben V. Anderson, Rebecca Hawkins, Barry W. Ford, Walker (Bill) Jones, III, Bradley Witherspoon Smith, Robert F. Walker, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

Felecia Perkins, attorney for appellees.

Before COBB, P.J., DICKINSON and RANDOLPH, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case requires the Court to wade through the plaintiffs' myriad and oft-repeated accusations of discovery abuse by the defendant to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a new trial based on the alleged discovery violations. Our second task is to evaluate whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding attorney's fees and expenses in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant...

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