Turner v. Miller Transporters, Inc.

ON REHEARING

The scope of this rehearing is limited to the single issue of whether a federal or state statute of limitations should apply to the allegation of damages that arose on or after January 1, 1996 by plaintiffs, Turner Transporter, Inc., et al., against defendant, Miller Transporters, Inc. The issue of a federal statute of limitations was not raised at trial or on appeal; instead the dispute among the parties focused on the statutes of limitations for Louisiana and Mississippi. Our initial opinion held that Mississippi law governed because the parties had expressly agreed that the…