Using tables...image flows over the edges in IE6 only and not firefox?

Hey all,

i’m using tables to make a webpage and my background image in one of the cells is flowing over the edges in IE6 only.

when i test it in firefox it works perfectly any ideas on how to fix it in IE6??

here is the code for that cell:

<td rowspan="3" valign="top" background = "images/something.jpg"><p><span class="style10"><span class="style14">&nbsp;<span class="style39">something</span></span> <span class="style33"><span class="style21">something<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;something <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;something<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;something</span><br />
&nbsp;<br />
        &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="style21">something<br />
        </span></span></span><span class="style10"><span class="style33"><span class="style21">&nbsp;&nbsp;something<br />
        &nbsp;&nbsp;something &nbsp;&nbsp;something <br />
        &nbsp;&nbsp;something.</span><span class="style36"><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="style42">&nbsp;</span><span class="style42">&nbsp;</span><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;something <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp; something <a href="http://www.something.com/somewhere" target="_blank">something</a> </span></span></span></p>      </td>