Comments on: Mississippi changes venue and joinder rules https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/02/mississippi-changes-venue-and-joinder-rules/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:09:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/02/mississippi-changes-venue-and-joinder-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:09:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=791#comment-472 Mississippi high court thwarts “perversion” of legal system

In its latest move to clean up abuse of Mississippi?s legal system, the Mississippi Supreme Court severed a multi-plaintiff asbestos case yesterday, calling the joinder of the 264 claims ?a perversion of the judicial system.? HarrisMartin, Miss. Sup. C…

]]> By: forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/02/mississippi-changes-venue-and-joinder-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:37:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=791#comment-471 Mississippi changes venue and joinder rules

The Mississippi Supreme Court has reformed its joinder and venue rules to make both forum shopping and unfair mass tort litigation more difficult. The changes stem from a recent case where 56 plaintiffs sued 42 doctors and a drug manufacturer…

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