LONG v. McKINNEY

No. 2003-IA-00849-SCT.

897 So.2d 160 (2004)

Douglas LONG, Edward Long, Richard Long, and Earl Long v. Lori McKINNEY on behalf of all wrongful death beneficiaries of Huey P. Long, deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Weatherly, attorneys for appellants.

Mariano Javier Barvie', A. Norris Hopkins, Jr., Alben N. Hopkins, Gulfport, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this wrongful death case, we are called upon to address issues which ought to have been settled long ago. Two law firms representing different wrongful death heirs filed separate wrongful death suits in the same circuit court. The attorneys and their respective clients are now embroiled in a battle over consolidation, joinder, and "control" of the litigation. No area of the law has historically provided

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