BARRY v. REEVES

No. 2009-CA-01124-SCT.

47 So.3d 689 (2010)

Charles BARRY v. John R. REEVES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Howell, III , Jackson, attorney for appellant.

John Doyle Moore , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Charles Barry filed this legal malpractice action against his former attorney, John R. Reeves. After the case had been pending for nearly seven and one-half years, the trial court granted Reeves's motion to dismiss the case for failure to prosecute, and Barry appeals that ruling.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In the underlying medical malpractice case upon which this legal malpractice suit...

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