Date: 03-12-2010

Case Style: Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. William Guy and Thomas Brock

Case Number: 5:06-cv-00160-DCB-JMR

Judge: David C. Bramlette, III

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Western Division (Adams County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Dan Mulholland, Brian Hannula, Tanya Ellis, Heather Wilkins Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Jackson, Mississippi

Defendant's Attorney: John Corlew and Katherine Smith, Corlew Munford & Smith, P.L.L.C., Jackson, Mississippi

Description: Illinois Central Railroad Co. sued William Guy and Thomas Brock on fraud theories claiming that they knew that their clients were lying when they answered interrogatories and a quesitonaire that failed to disclose that they were involved in earlier litigation relating to asbestos products liability claims.

Guy and Brock claimed during trial that they didn't know their clients had been plaintiffs in the earlier asbestos litigation -- Cosey v. E.D. Bullard -- one of several lawsuits with huge verdicts in the 1990s that led to calls for tort reform in Mississippi.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $420,000.00 in actual and punitive damages.

Plaintiff's Experts: None

Defendant's Experts: None

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