Margulies Ex Rel. Margulies v. Upchurch

DURHAM, Justice:

This is an interlocutory appeal, involving consolidated cases, from an order of the district court denying appellants’ (Up-church, Woolsey, and Chichester) motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ counsel in the case of Margulies v. Upchurch. The plaintiffs have filed a cross-appeal challenging the trial court’s findings regarding the existence of a conflict of interest on the part of plaintiffs’ counsel. We reverse on the appeal and affirm on the cross-appeal.

The law firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough (“Jones, Waldo”) represents the plaintiffs and cross-appellants Margu-lies…