Clark v. Knesal’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[S]imple inadvertence, mistake of counsel, or ignorance of the rules usually does not constitute excusable neglect. Stutts v. Miller, 37 So.3d 1, 4 (¶ 9) (Miss.2010); Holmes v. Coast Transit Auth., 815 So.2d 1188, 1186 (¶ 11) (Miss.2002). Excusable neglect is “a very strict standard.” Webster v. Webster, 834 So.2d 26, 29 (¶ 11) (Miss.2002). Good cause and excusable neglect have been linked inexorably to one another, as a showing of good cause has been said to require at least as much as a showing of excusable neglect. Id. at 28 (¶ 4).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burch v. Illinois Central Railroad

2. “The Court applies an abuse of discretion standard to a trial court’s findings of fact concerning the existence or lack of good cause or excusable neglect. Long v. Mem’l Hosp. at Gulfport, 969 So.2d 35, 38 (¶ 5) (Miss.2007). We will reverse the trial court’s factual determination only when it is not supported by substantial evidence. Id. To the extent that the trial court’s excusable neglect determination involves the intérpreta.tion of legal principles, we will conduct a de novo review. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. David Glen Nunnery v. Paul Edward Nunnery