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EX PARTE TERMINIX INTERN. CO., L.P.

No. 1971546.

736 So.2d 1092 (1998)

Ex parte TERMINIX INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, L.P. (In re Walter Leonard and Evalina Leonard v. Terminix International Company, L.P., et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Opinion Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Chiles and Christopher J. Willis of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Robert W. Norris of London & Yancey, L.L.C.; and J. Michael Rediker, Patricia Diak, and Michael C. Skotnicki of Ritchie & Rediker, L.L.C., Birmingham, for respondents.

HOUSTON, Justice.

This factually complex case presents issues concerning the imputation of knowledge between law firms acting in a cocounsel relationship.

At various times in 1997, two Alabama attorneys—Tom Campbell and Scott Simpson—filed in the Jefferson Circuit Court three different class actions against various termite companies, one of which was Terminix International Company, L.P. ("Terminix"). The complaints were substantially the same...

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