LEARMONTH v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kevin Hamilton , Hamilton Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, Joe Clay Hamilton , Hamilton Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Meridian, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Francis A. Citera , Gregory E. Ostfeld , Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Henry Gray Laird, III , Page, Kruger & Holland, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Cynthia I. Mitchell , Merkel & Cocke, P.A., Clarksdale, MS, David Neil McCarty , David Neil McCarty Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Amicus Curiae Mississippi Association for Justice.

Mark Alan Behrens , Cary Silverman, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Carl Robert Montgomery , Attorney, Montgomery McGraw Collins O'Cain & Coleman, P.L.L.C., Canton, MS, for Amicus Curiae Mississippi Manufactures Association, Mississippi Economic Counsel, Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi, Home Builders Association of Mississippi Incorporated, Mississippi Automobile Dealer's Association, American Council of Engineering Companies-MS, Mississippi Health Care Association, Mississippi State Medical Association, Mississippi Consumer Finance Association, Associated General Contractors of Mississippi, Incorporated, Associated Builders & Contractors Inc., Mississippians for Economic Progress, Mississippi Hospital Association, Mississippi Propane Gas Association, Mississippi Petroleum Markets and Convenience Stores Association, Mississippi Trucking Association Management Services Incorporated Employee Welfare Benefit Plan, Mississippi Asphalt Pavement Association, Incorporated, Mississippi Bankers Association, Mississippi Concrete Industries Association, Mississippi Association of Realtors, Mississippi Poultry Association, Incorporated, Mississippi Pharmacists Association, National Federation of Independent Business Mississippi Chapter, Mississippi Forestry Association, and Beverage Association of Mississippi.

Jeffrey Scott Newton , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Jackson, MS, for Amicus Curiae Phil Bryant, Governor.

Douglas T. Miracle , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Harold Edward Pizzetta, III , Special Attorney to the Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi-Civil Litigation, Jackson, MS, for Intervenor State of Mississippi.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and KING and OWEN, Circuit Judges.