Leonard v. Terminix International Co.

HOUSTON, Justice.

This factually complex case presents issues concerning the imputation of knowledge between law firms acting in a cocoun-sel relationship.

At various times in 1997, two Alabama attorneys — Tom Campbell and Scott Simpson — filed in the Jefferson Circuit Court three different class actions against various termite companies, one of which was Terminix International Company, L.P. (“Terminix”). The complaints were substantially the same, each alleging that the termite companies had failed to perform annual inspections as required under Ala. *1093Code 1975, § 2-28-9. When they filed these…