BARRETT v. JONES, FUNDERBURG, SESSUMS, LLC

Nos. 2008-IA-00421-SCT, 2008-IA-00788-SCT.

27 So.3d 363 (2009)

Don BARRETT, Individually; Barrett Law Office, P.A. and Lovelace Law Firm, P.A. v. JONES, FUNDERBURG, SESSUMS, PETERSON & LEE, LLC. Don Barrett, Individually, Barrett Law Office, P.A., and Lovelace Law Firm, P.A. v. Jones, Funderburg, Sessums, Peterson & Lee, LLC Don Barrett, Individually, Barrett Law Office, P.A., and Lovelace Law Firm, P.A. v. Jones, Funderburg, Sessums, Peterson & Lee, LLC.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Moffett, Wilton V. Byars, III, Shea Stewart Scott, Oxford, attorneys for appellants.

William K. Duke, Jr., Grady F. Tollison, Cameron Morgan Abel, Oxford, attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


CHANDLER, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. The Circuit Court of Lafayette County imposed sanctions against all members of the Scruggs Katrina Group (SKG), a joint venture, along with Don Barrett and Richard Scruggs individually, based upon the misconduct of Richard F. Scruggs, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe the trial judge in the underlying lawsuit over attorneys' fees. The SKG co-venturers, including the Scruggs Law Firm, P.A. (the Scruggs Firm); Nutt...

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