RATLIFF v. STEWART

No. 06-61018.

508 F.3d 225 (2007)

Sarah N. RATLIFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, Charles E. Gibson, III; Gigi Gibson; The Gibson Law Firm, PLLC, Appellants, v. Lawrence E. STEWART, M.D., Elder, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Edward Gibson, III, Gigi Gibson, Gibson Law Firm, Ridgeland, MS, for Sarah N. Ratliff and Gibson Law Firm, PLLC.

Charles Edward Gibson, III, Gigi Gibson, Gibson Law Firm, Ridegeland, MS, pro se.

Lisa Williams McKay, Currie, Johnson, Griffin, Gaines & Myers, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

In her suit alleging she was harmed by a dangerous drug, Sarah Ratliff, instead of suing Edsel Stewart, the doctor who had prescribed the drug, sued Lawrence Stewart, his son and also a physician. The district court concluded that "the plaintiff's counsel's conduct was totally without basis in law or fact and that plaintiff's counsel unnecessarily and vexatiously multiplied the proceedings in this matter at the expense of defendant Stewart...

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