Hudson v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS

¶ 1. Arthur Gerald Hudson and Linda S. Hudson (collectively Hudson) initiated the underlying action following an injury to Arthur allegedly caused by an employee of Lowe’s Home Center Inc. (Lowe’s) in Pas-cagoula, Mississippi, on May 5, 2006. Hudson did not immediately file suit. Rather, Hudson’s counsel, Chuck McRae, and Lowe’s counsel, Ken Adcock, began settlement negotiations. As the three-year statute of limitations was set to expire on May 5, 2009, McRae and Adcock entered three separate agreements to toll the statute, thereby extending…