Plaintiffs Move to Disqualify Parmalee Counsel for Alleged 'Judge-Shopping'

LAUREL, Miss. - Plaintiffs in a Mississippi silica case have moved to disqualify a defense firm from representing its client, claiming the firm was recently substituted in an attempt to have a particular judge recused from hearing the case. Armstrong, et al. v. Pulmosan Safety Equipment, et al., No. 2002-50-CV9 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Jones Cty.).

The motion to disqualify the law firm of Phelps Dunbar from representing Parmalee Industries was filed in late June in Jones County Circuit Court as part of plaintiffs' response to the defendant's motion to recuse Circuit Judge Billy Joe Landrum. In the response, plaintiffs allege …