Brown v. Bell
Annotate this CaseAppellant Darrell Brown appealed an order of the circuit court probate division modifying its previous order authorizing distribution of net remaining settlement proceeds and declaring that, as a disbarred attorney, Brown was not entitled to any attorneys fees from the remaining settlement proceeds paid by Libya as a result of an airplane crash over Scotland to appellees Melvin Bell and Velma Wilson, as heirs of the estate of Charlotte Stinnett. For reversal, Brown argued that he was not properly served with appellees' motion for modification or with appellees' discovery requests and therefore the circuit court erred in striking his response and entering the order of distribution. The court of appeals certified the case to the Supreme Court for clarification of the law. However, as the only argument advanced on appeal was a challenge to the order striking Brown's response, and as Brown did not timely file a notice of appeal from the order striking his response, the Court dismissed the appeal with prejudice.
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