PHARMACIA CORP. v. McGOWAN

No. 1031016.

915 So.2d 549 (2004)

PHARMACIA CORPORATION f/k/a Monsanto Company v. Candis McGOWAN, as guardian ad litem and administrator ad litem in the matter of Pharmacia Corporation f/k/a Monsanto Company v. Sabrina Abernathy et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Opinion on Return to Remand June 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Lembke and Scott Burnett Smith of Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP, Birmingham; and W. Stancil Starnes of Starnes & Atchison, LLP, Birmingham, for appellant.

Candis A. McGowan of John D. Saxon, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee.


SEE, Justice.

Pharmacia Corporation f/k/a Monsanto Company appeals from a judgment entered by the Etowah Circuit Court ordering Pharmacia to pay an attorney fee of $284,000 to Candis McGowan, the guardian ad litem for the minor plaintiffs and the administrator ad litem for the deceased plaintiffs in the underlying action. We remand this case with directions.

The underlying litigation involves three consolidated actions brought by approximately 3,500 plaintiffs...

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