Vernita Bell v. Texaco, Incorporated

PER CURIAM: *

A group of personal injury plaintiffs appeal the district court’s determination that it had subject matter jurisdiction over this case and its ultimate disposition of the case in which it awarded monetary sanctions and dismissed the case for discovery violations. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The underlying dispute concerns injuries allegedly sustained due to exposure to toxic chemicals that leaked from abandoned underground storage gasoline tanks in Fayette, Mississippi. The property was once owned by W. Joe Brown, long-since deceased, who operated a gas station on…