Blake v. ESTATE OF CLEIN EX REL. CLEIN

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Alexander Clein received a $3.5 million verdict in a medical-malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Kendall Blake and Jackson Bone and Joint Clinic (Dr. Blake) after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Hinds County, First Judicial District. Dr. Blake appealed and, in Blake v. Clein, 903 So.2d 710, 715 (Miss.2005) (Blake I), this Court found that cumulative error had occurred and reversed and remanded the case for a new trial, taxing the costs of appeal to Clein. Id. at 732. On remand, Dr. Blake moved the trial court to assess the costs of appeal and to bar…