STEVENS v. LAKE

No. 90-CA-0313.

615 So.2d 1177 (1993)

Rosalie C. STEVENS, Marion R. Stevens and Marion R. Stevens, Partner of Stevens Brothers Partnership and S. Dennis Joiner v. J. Albert LAKE, Individually and as a Partner in Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, a Professional Law Partnership; and Lake, Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, a Professional Law Partnership.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Dennis Joiner, Herring Long & Joiner, Jackson, William Liston, Liston & Lancaster, Winona, for appellants.

Roy D. Campbell, Jr., Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Campbell DeLong Hagwood Wade & Stuart, Greenville, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and McRAE, JJ.


McRAE, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises from a February 8, 1990, order of the Washington County Circuit Court granting the appellees' motion for summary judgment in a legal malpractice action. The appellants also challenge the circuit court's imposition of attorneys' fees and costs against them as sanctions pursuant to M.R.C.P. 11 and the Mississippi Litigation Accountability Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 11-55-1, et seq. (Supp. 1992)....

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