Opinion ID: 1768500
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Heading: whether the trial court erred in denying the plaintiffs' motion for a new trial.

Text: ¶ 32. The beneficiaries finally argue that the trial court erred by denying their motion for a new trial. They state this Court should discount Dr. Tynes's improper testimony when examining this issue. We have found the testimony of Dr. Tynes to be proper considering the wording of the interrogatory response and the testimony adduced at trial. Therefore, the task of proving the trial court committed error in denying this motion is difficult considering the evidence examined in the issue above. Dr. Elliott responds that Dr. Tynes's testimony was proper and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion. ¶ 33. This Court will reverse a trial court's denial of a motion for a new trial only when it amounts to an abuse of the court's discretion. Steele, 697 So.2d at 376 (collecting authorities). A new trial will not be ordered unless the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would be to sanction an unconscionable injustice. Whitten v. Cox, 799 So.2d 1, 13 (Miss.2000) (collecting authorities). ¶ 34. Dr. Tynes's testimony was properly allowed at trial as discussed in Issues I and II. Since no additional facts are alleged to weigh overwhelmingly in the beneficiaries' favor than the facts examined in Issue III, we find that this issue is without merit considering the previous discussion of these issues.