IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI …2017-IA 00909 SCT Ebony Byas v. Darion J. Byas (Sub.) Hon. Patricia D. Wise, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court (1 vol.)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

MASTER DOCKET CALENDAR

THIRD SITTING - MAY 07 - JUNE 29, 2018

SUBMITTED CASES

MONDAY, MAY 07, 2018

2015-KA-00434-SCT Charles E. Blake a/k/a Charles Blake a/k/a Charles Edward

Blake v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Kenneth L. Thomas, Ruling Judge, Coahoma County Circuit

Court

(7 vols.)

APPELLANT - Hunter Aikens, Office of State Public Defender, Jackson

APPELLEE - Alicia Ainsworth, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2017-IA-00167-SCT The Promenade D’Iberville, LLC v. JEA

(Sub.) Hon. Christopher Louis Schmidt, Ruling Judge, Harrison County

Circuit Court

(54 vols.)

APPELLANT - Kyle Moran, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Gulfport

APPELLEE – H. Ruston Comley, Watkins & Eager, Jackson; Joe Sam Owen,

Owen, Galloway & Myers, Gulfport

2017-KA-00294-SCT Dexter Powell v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Margaret Carey-McCray, Ruling Judge, Washington County

Circuit Court

(4 vols.)


APPELLEE - Joseph Hemleben, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2017-IA-00300-SCT Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma, Inc., The Purdue Frederick

Company, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Johnson

& Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen

Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Janssen

Pharmaceutica, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Endo Health

Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc. n/k/a

Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc., Actavis LLC and Actavis Pharma, Inc. f/k/a

Watson Pharma, Inc. v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Denise Owens, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court

(6 vols.)

APPELLANT - J. Thompson, Jr., Baker Donelson Bearman &

Caldwell, PC, Jackson

APPELLEE - John L. Davidson, Davidson & Bowie, PLLC, Flowood

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SUBMITTED CASES


2017-CA-00774-SCT In the Matter of the Estate of Brian K. Cole, Deceased: Wayne E.

Ferrell, Jr., James W. Nobles, Jr., and Angelo J. Dorizas v.

Gregory Cole, Administrator and GuideOne Specialty Mutual

Insurance Company

(Sub.) Hon. H. David Clark, II, Ruling Judge, Jasper County Chancery Court

(0 vol.)

APPELLANT - W. Brady Kellems, Brookhaven

APPELLEE - Brian Herrington, Barrett Law Group, P.A., Lexington

2017-KA-00883-SCT Julian Hawkins a/k/a Julian Michael Hawkins v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Robert B. Helfrich, Ruling Judge, Forrest County Circuit Court

(3 vols.)


APPELLEE - Billy Gore, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2018-BD-00400-SCT The Mississippi Bar v. Tacey June Clark

(Sub.) (0 vol.)

APPELLANT – James R. Clark, The Mississippi Bar, Jackson

APPELLEE – Anthony Farese, Ashland

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SUBMITTED CASES

TUESDAY, MAY 08, 2018

2016-CA-01052-SCT Kathryn Schroeder Clark, with Power of Attorney for Helen

Schroeder v. Lisa Younger Neese, Administratrix of the Estate of

Harry L. Schroeder, Deceased

(Sub.) Hon. James T. Kitchens, Jr., Ruling Judge, Lowndes County Circuit

Court

(3 vols.)

APPELLANT - Wayne Dowdy, Dowdy, Cockerham & Watt, Magnolia

APPELLEE - Norma Ruff, Webb Sanders & Williams, Tupelo

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

2012-CA-00653-SCT Kathryn Schroeder Clark, with Power of Attorney for Helen

Schroeder v. Lisa Younger Neese, Administratrix of the Estate of

Harry L. Schroeder, Deceased

Hon. James T. Kitchens, Jr., Ruling Judge, Lowndes County Circuit

Court

APPELLANT - Dunbar Watt, Dowdy, Cockerham & Watt, Magnolia

APPELLEE - Norma Ruff, Webb Sanders & Williams, Tupelo

2017-CA-00153-SCT Charles Norman, Jr., Individually and on Behalf of all Wrongful

Death Beneficiaries of Charles Norman, Sr., and the Estate of Pat

Norman v. Anderson Regional Medical Center

(Sub.) Hon. Lester F. Williamson, Jr., Ruling Judge, Lauderdale County

Circuit Court

(15 vols.)

APPELLANT - H. Wesley Williams, III, Markow Walker, P.A., Ridgeland

APPELLEE – Romney H. Entrekin, Burson, Entrekin, Orr, Laurel

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SUBMITTED CASES


2017-IA-00209-SCT Sadie Tillman by Her Next Friend, Joe Tillman, Jr. v. Ditech

Financial, LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC and Josh Robin

(Sub.) Hon. Michael M. Taylor, Ruling Judge, Lincoln County Circuit Court

(3 vols.)

APPELLANT - Charles Miller, McComb

APPELLEE - William Boerner, Brookhaven; Jeffrey Rawlings,

Rawlings & MacInnis, P.A., Madison

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

2017-CA-00329-SCT Sadie Tillman, by her Next Friend, Joe Tillman, Jr. v. Ditech

Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC and Josh Robin

Hon. David H. Strong, Jr., Ruling Judge, Lincoln County Circuit

Court

APPELLANT - No Brief Filed

APPELLEE - No Brief Filed

2017-IA-00219-SCT City of Clinton, Mississippi and Officer Michael Kelly v. Patrice Tornes

(Sub.) Hon. LaRita M. Cooper-Stokes, Ruling Judge, Hinds County County Court

(2 vols.)

APPELLANT - Robert Allen, Allen, Allen, Breeland & Allen,

Brookhaven

APPELLEE - Kelly Williams, Ridgeland

2017-KA-00221-SCT Adrian Montgomery a/k/a Adrian Danielle Montgomery v. State of

Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Winston L. Kidd, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Circuit Court

(7 vols.)

APPELLANT - Mollie McMillin, Office of State Public Defender,

Jackson

APPELLEE - Alicia Ainsworth, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

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SUBMITTED CASES


2017-KA-00342-SCT Tobias Coleman a/k/a Tobias R. Coleman a/k/a Tobias Rayshun

Coleman a/k/a Tabias Coleman a/k/a Tabias Rayshun Coleman v.

State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. James T. Kitchens, Jr., Ruling Judge, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court

(4 vols.)

APPELLANT - George Holmes, Office of State Public Defender,

Jackson

APPELLEE - Scott Stuart, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2017-CA-00718-SCT In the Matter of Cody N. Watkins: The Mississippi Department of

Mental Health and State of Mississippi v. Lamar County, Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. William E. Andrews, III, Ruling Judge, Lamar County Chancery Court

(0 vol.)

APPELLANT - William Rosamond, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

APPELLEE - Kathy Sones, Hattiesburg

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

2017-CA-00721-SCT In the Matter of Richard Morgan: Mississippi Department of

Mental Health and State of Mississippi v. Lamar County, Mississippi

Hon. William E. Andrews, III, Ruling Judge, Lamar County Chancery Court

APPELLANT - No Brief Filed

APPELLEE - No Brief Filed

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SUBMITTED CASES


2017-CA-00956-SCT The Door Shop, Inc. v. Alcorn County Electric Power Association

(Sub.) Hon. James Lamar Roberts, Jr., Ruling Judge, Alcorn County Circuit Court

(2 vols.)

APPELLANT - Nicholas R. Bain, Bain & Moss, Corinth

APPELLEE - William H. Davis, Jr., Clayton O’Donnell, Corinth

2017-DR-00989-SCT Richard Gerald Jordan v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Kosta N. Vlahos, Ruling Judge, Harrison County Circuit Court

(0 vol.)

APPELLANT – James Craig, New Orleans, LA; David P. Voison, Jackson

APPELLEE – Jason L. Davis, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson.

2017-BR-01553-SCT Joe Gregory Stewart v. The Mississippi Bar

(Sub.) (0 vol.)

APPELLANT – S. Wayne Easterling, Hattiesburg

APPELLEE – Melissa Martin, The Mississippi Bar, Jackson

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SUBMITTED CASES

WEDNESDAY, MAY 09, 2018

2017-BA-00250-SCT Michael W. Crosby v. The Mississippi Bar

(Sub.) (4 vols.)

APPELLANT - Pro Se

APPELLEE - James R. Clark, The Mississippi Bar, Jackson

2017-CA-00506-SCT In the Interest of E.K., a Minor, Timothy King and Elizabeth King

v. Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services

(Sub.) Hon. James Coleman Rhoden, Ruling Judge, Marion County Youth

Court

(0 vol.)

APPELLANT - Chadwick Shook, Hattiesburg

APPELLEE - Lawrence Hahn, McNeese and Hahn, PLLC, Columbia

2017-DR-00870-SCT Thomas Edwin Loden, Jr. v. State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Thomas J. Gardner, III, Ruling Judge, Itawamba County Circuit Court

(0 vol.)

APPELLANT - Stacy Ferraro, Jackson

APPELLEE – Jason L. Davis, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

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SUBMITTED CASES

WEDNESDAY, MAY 09, 2018

2017-IA-00909-SCT Ebony Byas v. Darion J. Byas

(Sub.) Hon. Patricia D. Wise, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court

(1 vol.)

APPELLANT - Amelia Willis, Madison

APPELLEE - Katrina Brown, Jackson

2017-KA-01030-SCT Henry Earl Harvey a/k/a Henry E. Harvey a/k/a Henry Harvey v.

State of Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Christopher Louis Schmidt, Ruling Judge, Harrison County

Circuit Court

(5 vols.)

APPELLANT - W. Daniel Hinchcliff, Office of State Public Defender,

Jackson

APPELLEE - Scott Stuart, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2017-KA-01089-SCT Jason Lee Miles a/k/a Jason Miles a/k/a Jason L. Miles v. State of

Mississippi

(Sub.) Hon. Christopher A. Collins, Ruling Judge, Neshoba County Circuit

Court

(2 vols.)

APPELLANT - George Holmes, Office of State Public Defender,

Jackson

APPELLEE - Billy Gore, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

2018-JP-00194-SCT Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Mary H. Curry

(Sub.) Hon. Kent McDaniel, Ruling Judge

(2 vols.)

APPELLANT – Darlene D. Ballard, Rachel W. Michel and Meagan Brittain,

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, Jackson

APPELLEE – Derrick T. Simmons, Greenville

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EN BANC COURTOOM

ARGUED CASES


2017-IA-00535-SCT State of Mississippi v. Walgreen Co., Super D Drugs Acquisition

Co. d/b/a Walgreens # 15737

(Arg.) Hon. Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr., Ruling Judge, DeSoto County Chancery

Court

(4 vols.)

APPELLANT - George W. Neville, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

APPELLEE - David Maron, Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell,

PC, Jackson

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

2017-IA-00536-SCT State of Mississippi v. CVS Health Corporation, et al.

Hon. Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr., Ruling Judge, DeSoto County Chancery

Court


APPELLEE - J. Mayo, Jr., Mayo Mallette PLLC, Oxford

CONSOLIDATED WITH:

2017-IA-00539-SCT State of Mississippi v. Fred’s Inc., Fred’s Stores of Tennessee, Inc.

and Fred’s Pharmacy of Quitman, LLC

Hon. Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr., Ruling Judge, DeSoto County Chancery

Court


APPELLEE - Jeffrey Newton, Baker Donelson Bearman & Caldwell,

PC, Jackson

1:30 PM

(THIRTY MINUTES PER SIDE)

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EN BANC COURTOOM

ARGUED CASES

TUESDAY, JUNE 05, 2018

2017-CC-00399-SCT Memorial Hospital at Gulfport and Singing River Health System v. David J.

Dzielak, Ph.D., In His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the

Division of Medicaid, Office of the Governor, and the Division of Medicaid,

Office of the Governor, State of Mississippi

(Arg.) Hon. Denise Owens, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court

(7 vols.)

APPELLANT - Cecil Heidelberg, Watson, Heidelberg, Jones, PLLC, Jackson

APPELLEE - Janet McMurtray, Purdie & Metz, Ridgeland

1:30 PM


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EN BANC COURTOOM

ARGUED CASES

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 06, 2018

2017-CA-00750-SCT Representative Bryant W. Clark and Senator John Horhn v. Governor Phil

Bryant, State Fiscal Officer Laura Jackson, Mississippi Department of

Education and State Treasurer Lynn Fitch

(Arg.) Hon. Patricia D. Wise, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court

(1 vol.)

APPELLANT - William B. Bardwell, Ridgeland

APPELLEE - Krissy Nobile, Office of the Attorney General, Jackson

10:30 AM


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EN BANC COURTOOM

SUBMITTED CASES

ARGUED CASES

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2018

2016-IA-01505-SCT Madison HMA, Inc. d/b/a Madison County Medical Center a/d/b/a

Madison River Oaks Medical Center v. Janiya Morris, a Minor, by

and through her Guardian, Richard Courtney, Esq.

(Arg.) (Sub) Hon. John Huey Emfinger, Ruling Judge, Madison County Circuit

Court

(5 vols.)

APPELLANT - Mark P. Caraway, Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.,

Jackson

APPELLEE - William M. Quin, II, McCraney, Montagnet, Quin & Noble

PLLC, Ridgeland and Jack Beam, Beam Legal Team, LLC, Chicago

1:30 PM

(THIRTY MINUTES PER SIDE) Order entered on May 9, 2018, cancelling the oral argument and staying the case pending approval of settlement by the Chancery Court of Holmes County.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI …2017-IA 00909 SCT Ebony Byas v. Darion J. Byas (Sub.) Hon. Patricia D. Wise, Ruling Judge, Hinds County Chancery Court (1 vol.)