Melton v. Smith's Pecans, Inc.

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In March 2009, the Hinds County Circuit Court ordered Tonya Melton, Charles David Melton Jr., Paula Dawn Harris, and James Kendall Harris (the Meltons) to execute documents settling their personal-injury lawsuit against Smith’s Pecans. The Meltons refused to comply and, after Smith’s Pecans moved for contempt, filed a motion under Mississippi Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) to set aside the enforcement order. On reconsideration, the circuit court weighed the Meltons’ testimony — that they neither consented to the settlement nor authorized their attorney to accept a…