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HOGAN v. BUCKINGHAM EX REL. BUCKINGHAM

No. 97-CA-00493-SCT.

730 So.2d 15 (1998)

Leatha HOGAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Quinton Cortez Hogan, Deceased v. Randy Lamont BUCKINGHAM, a Minor, By and Through his Guardian, Chiquita BUCKINGHAM; and Ashley K. Hinton, a Minor, By and Through her Guardian, Annelyette Hinton.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Turnage, Cleveland, Attorney for Appellant.

J. Peyton Randolph, II, Jackson, Attorney for Appellees.

Before PRATHER, C.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This wrongful death action brings before this Court the issues of whether the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel preclude a party from obtaining blood and DNA tests to contest the findings of a prior adjudication of paternity even though the party was not involved in the prior proceedings and whether, irrespective of the issues of res judicata and collateral estoppel, Mississippi's statute controlling descent...

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