Wow. Just Wow. Part Deux
July 23, 2014 § 9 Comments
It was only month before last that I posted in Wow. Just Wow about a plaintiff’s attorney who failed to appear on time before a MSSC panel for a show-cause hearing, and kept digging his hole deeper as he addressed the court. He was fined and ordered to contact the lawyers’ assistance program.
Well, it appears that the lesson did not take. Here’s what the court ordered last week:
EN BANC
2013-IA-00181-SCT
Vicksburg Healthcare, LLC d/b/a River Region Health System v. Clara Dees; Warren Circuit Court; LC Case #: 10,0151-CI; Ruling Date: 01/22/2013; Ruling Judge: Isadore Patrick, Jr.; Disposition: Attorney Michael E. Winfield shall appear before this Court on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. and show cause, if any he can, why he should not be held in contempt for failing to pay timely to the Clerk of this Court the sanctions imposed in the May 2 order. Winfield shall file a response to Vicksburg Healthcare’s Motion to Hold Appellee in Contempt and Second Motion to Hold Appellee in Contempt on or before July 14, 2014. Counsel for Vicksburg Healthcare shall appear at the show-cause hearing on Thursday, July 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. and present Vicksburg Healthcare’s Motion to Hold Appellee in Contempt and Second Motion to Hold Appellee in Contempt. Winfield is hereby given notice that a finding of contempt could result in one or more of the following: (1) having the Appellee’s Brief struck; (2) entry of a judgment in favor of Vicksburg Healthcare; (3) an order that he pay the entire $2,586 in attorney’s fees incurred by Vicksburg Healthcare; (4) suspension or disbarment; or (5) incarceration until Winfield purges himself of contempt. A copy of this order shall be forwarded to Winfield’s client, Clara Dees, at the mailing address provided by Winfield to the Clerk of this Court. Order entered.
Ouch.
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Winfield’s “cross motion for sanctions” is a bad, bad move. Should have just taken his lumps. Failure to understand the ECF system isn’t going to help much either.
Now he’s throwing his client and her deceased boyfriend under the bus. Good gosh, Kitchens is about to come over the bench and strangle him.
This guy is a disgrace to the profession.
Now he’s explaining to the Justices how criminal practice works vs. a medical malpractice.
I never believe anyone who brags about how many criminal cases they’ve won.
I suspect he is about to get a well earned time out.
If I were teaching at MC there in Jackson, I’d make attendance at this hearing on July 24 mandatory for my students.
This may be too painful to watch.
The docket doesn’t reflect that W filed a response by July 14 if ever, but he did manage to file at some point a brief that had 2 pages from an unrelated case of his. That the COA required be filed confidentially, in that case. Yow. Worst thing I’ve done in past few years is slip up & cite an out-of-state dissent as the main op.