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SCRUGGS, MILLETTE, BOZEMAN & DENT, P.A. v. MERKEL & COCKE, P.A.

Nos. 1999-CA-00406-SCT, 2000-CA-01370-SCT.

804 So.2d 1000 (2001)

SCRUGGS, MILLETTE, BOZEMAN & DENT, P.A. f/k/a Scruggs, Millette, Lawson, Bozeman & Dent, P.A., Richard F. Scruggs, Richard F. Scruggs, P.A. and Asbestos Group, P.A. v. MERKEL & COCKE, P.A., William Roberts Wilson, Jr., and William Roberts Wilson, Jr., P.A. Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent, P.A; Richard F. Scruggs, Asbestos Group, P.A. and Richard F. Scruggs, P.A. v. Merkel and Cocke, P.A.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Weir, Jeffery P. Reynolds, Jim Warren, Jackson, James L. Carroll, Jackson, Charles E. Webster, Clarksdale, Myles A. Parker, Jackson, H. Hunter Twiford, Kate Margolis, Teri Dunaway Gleason, Attorneys for Appellant.

Charles M. Merkel, Clarksdale, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In September of 1997, Scruggs, Millette, Bozeman & Dent, P.A. ("SMBD") filed a lawsuit in the Jackson County Chancery Court against Merkel & Cocke, P.A. ("Merkel & Cocke"), Charles Merkel ("Merkel"), Cynthia Mitchell ("Mitchell"), William Roberts Wilson, Jr., P.A. ("Wilson") and Asbestos Group, P.A ("Asbestos Group"). Prior to SMBD bringing the Jackson County action, Scruggs assigned his interest in the Scott...

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