ABEL v. TISDALE

No. 57034.

673 P.2d 836 (1983)

Ed ABEL, Sidney A. Musser, Jr., and Malcolm Hall and the Law Firm of Abel, Musser & Sokolosky, Appellants, v. Cleta TISDALE, Guardian Ad Litem for Rhonda Sue Tisdale, a minor, and Debra Jean Tisdale, a minor, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl D. Mills and Reggie N. Whitten, Foliart, Mills & Niemeyer, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Don Hamilton, Oklahoma City, for appellees.


DOOLIN, Justice:

In 1975, Jerry Tisdale was killed in a motor vehicle accident. Cleta Tisdale, his wife, hired the appellants on a contingent fee basis to represent her and her two daughters in their prosecution of a wrongful death action. The trial court, Joe Cannon, Judge, directed a verdict as to liability in favor of the plaintiffs, and the jury returned a verdict for $800,000.00 in damages, apportioned equally between...

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