Miss. High Court Affirms Ruling Enforcing Settlement Agreement

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected efforts by Illinois Central Railroad to void a settlement agreement, agreeing with a circuit court that information omitted by the plaintiffs did not help or hurt the asbestos defendant. Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Acuff, et al., No. 2005-CA-00388-SCT (Miss. Sup. Ct.).

In the Aug. 3 opinion, the high court also opined that the defendant had not proved the omission of the information relating to involvement in other asbestos litigation was intentional.

The plaintiffs asserted their claims under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), contending that various injuries occurred as a …