Mississippi Supreme Court sets arguments
A Chicago-based law office has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s verdict saying it owes $103 million to a businessman who claimed the firm defrauded him.
Oral arguments are scheduled for July 17 in Jackson.
The case is among dozens the court will take up during its July-August term. The docket includes a separate case involving a fee dispute among attorneys involved in a lawsuit over the 2001 death of a top New York Mets baseball prospect that has delayed settlement payments to his family.
The Baker & McKenzie case centers on one of the firm’s lawyers who represented both sides in an oil deal. The deal turned sour for one client while benefiting the other, according to the original lawsuit filed by Lavon Evans Jr., a principal in the transaction.
Clarion Ledger
6/28/12
Magnolia Tribune
