THIBAUT, ET AL. v. SMITH AND LOVELESS

No. CA 89 1514.

576 So.2d 532 (1990)

THIBAUT, THIBAUT, GARRETT AND BACOT v. SMITH AND LOVELESS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearings Granted in Part and Denied in Part March 27, 1991.

Writ Denied May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Tharp, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee, Thibaut, Thibaut, Garrett & Bacot.

Jack M. Alltmont, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Smith and Loveless, Inc.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., LANIER, J., and VIAL LEMMON, J. Pro Tem.


MARY ANN VIAL LEMMON, Judge Pro Tem.

This appeal involves a dispute between plaintiff attorneys and their client over attorneys' fees.

Smith and Loveless, Inc. (the client) had supplied materials to the general contractor on a public works contract. When the general contractor defaulted, Smith and Loveless employed Thibaut, Thibaut, Garrett and Bacot (the plaintiff attorneys) to represent it in collecting $243,360 from the general contractor's surety.

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