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BENNETT v. HILL-BOREN, P.C.

No. 2009-IA-01418-SCT.

52 So.3d 364 (2011)

Mattie BENNETT, individually and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries of Josephine Lewis, deceased and as administratrix of the Estate of Josephine Lewis, Deceased v. HILL-BOREN P.C., T. Robert Hill, Melvin & Melvin and Leonard B. Melvin, III, Executor of the Estate of Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiawatha Northington, II , Ridgeland, Alma Walls , Clarksdale, attorneys for appellant.

John Benton Clark , Thomas Ray Julian , Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

Before GRAVES, P.J., DICKINSON and CHANDLER, JJ.

CHANDLER, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Mattie Bennett filed a legal-malpractice action against Hill-Boren, P.C., T. Robert Hill (collectively, "Hill"), Melvin & Melvin, Leonard B. Melvin, Jr. (collectively, "Melvin"), and John Does 1-10. Bennett alleged that Hill and Melvin had represented her and her sister, Dorothy Washington, in a wrongful-death case filed on August 23, 2000, and that Hill and Melvin had failed...

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