Mississippi Supreme Court

James K. Warrington

September 28, 2023

Summary

The court held that claim splitting did not justify dismissal of Warrington’s second legal-malpractice complaint. Warrington voluntarily dismissed the first complaint shortly after filing the second, and the second complaint added defendants who were not parties to the first, so he was not maintaining duplicative actions against the same defendants. The court reversed the dismissal and remanded with instructions to reinstate the second complaint and proceed with litigation.