seven factors in Mississippi

1999In reviewing a dismissal based upon forum non conveniens, we must consider the seven factors set out in Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Tircuit, 554 So.2d 878 (Miss.1989): 1. "[R]elative ease of access to sources of proof." Gilbert, supra, 330 U.S. at 508, 67 S.Ct. at 843. 2.

1997In reviewing a dismissal based upon forum non conveniens, we must consider the seven factors set out in Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Tircuit, 554 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 1989): 1. "[R]elative ease of access to sources of proof." Gilbert, supra, 330 U.S. at 508, 67 S.Ct. at 843. 2.

2004The factors are: (1) The usefulness and desirability of the product—its utility to the user and to the public as a whole. *380 (2) The safety aspects of the product— the likelihood that it will cause injury, and the probable seriousness of the injury. (3) The availability of a substitute product which would meet the same need and not be as unsafe. (4) The manufacturer's ability to eliminate the unsafe character of the product without impairing its usefulness or making it too expensive to maintain its utility. (5) The user's ability to avoid danger by the exercise of care in the use of the prod

2000The factors are: 7 (1) The usefulness and desirability of the product--its utility to the user and to the public as a whole. (2) The safety aspects of the product--the likelihood that it will cause injury, and the probable seriousness of the injury. (3) The availability of a substitute product which would meet the same need and not be as unsafe. (4) The manufacturer's ability to eliminate the unsafe character of the product without impairing its usefulness or making it too expensive to maintain its utility. (5) The user's ability to avoid danger by the exercise of care in the use of the produc

2001"Where the [lower] court has considered all relevant public and private interest factors, and where its balancing of these factors is reasonable, its decision deserves substantial deference." Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257 , 102 S.Ct. 252 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981).

2001"Where the [lower] court has considered all relevant public and private interest factors, and where its balancing of these factors is reasonable, its decision deserves substantial deference." Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257 , 102 S.Ct. 252 , 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981).

1998It is more than noteworthy that the factors mentioned by Justice Prather are also found among the seven factors mentioned by the Supreme Court in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501 , 67 S.Ct. 839 , 91 L.Ed. 1055 (1947), and by Justice Robertson in Tircuit .

1998It is more than noteworthy that the factors mentioned by Justice Prather are also found among the seven factors mentioned by the Supreme Court in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501 , 67 S.Ct. 839 , 91 L.Ed. 1055 (1947), and by Justice Robertson in Tircuit .

2016In a later case, Hobson v. Waggoner Engineering, Inc., 878 So.2d 68 (Miss.Ct.App.2003), the Court of Appeals cited Jones in its analysis of whether engineers or architects had a duty to protect construction workers from harm while on the job site, and stated: As in James Reeves Contractors, Inc., we review the seven factors in Hanna to determine whether the engineer’s supervisory powers extended beyond the contract provisions.

2012Laughter, 23 So. 3d at 1063 (citing In re Estate of Holmes, 961 So. 2d 674, 680 (Miss. 2007) (citing Wright v. Roberts, 797 So. 2d 992, 998 (Miss. 2001))). ¶13.

2003Id. at 219 , 662 P.2d at 253-54 .

2003Id. at 219 , 662 P.2d at 253-54 .

1998Mr. Grice further complains that based upon the seven factors for determining the amount of an attorney's fee which the Mississippi Supreme Court established in McKee v. McKee, 418 So.2d 764 (Miss.1982), Ms. Grice's counsel's testimony about the nature of his services in this case was too vague and indefinite to support the chancellor's award of his fee in the amount of $7,000 and his expenses in the amount of $1,057.