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BREAL v. DOWNS LAW GROUP

NO. 2023-CA-00132-SCT.

376 So.3d 1221 (2023)

Rachel Gildea BREAL v. The DOWNS LAW GROUP, Charles David Durkee, Hood & Bolen, P.L.L.C., R. Michael Bolen, The Cochran Firm-Jackson, L.L.C., and Terris C. Harris

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 14, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: DAVID NEIL HARRIS, JR. , Gulfport, COURTNEY PARKER WILSON , Pascagoula, DOUGLAS LAMONT TYNES, JR. , Pascagoula.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: JAMIE DEON TRAVIS , Jackson, JUSTIS ROBERT GIBBS II .

BEFORE RANDOLPH, C.J., MAXWELL AND BEAM, JJ.

¶1. This appeal presents one issue— could a trial court, a year into litigation, sua sponte enforce a forum-selection clause and dismiss the case?

¶2. We conclude the answer is no, the trial court could not. The forum-selection clause concerned...

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