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EX PARTE PECK

89-1601.

572 So.2d 427 (1990)

Ex parte Harold G. PECK and John O. Morrow, Jr., d/b/a Peck and Morrow, Attorneys at Law. (In re Bridgett McMURTREY, a minor, suing by and through her natural mother and next friend, Jacqueline McMURTREY; and Jacqueline McMurtrey, individually v. Barbara COOPER, et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Morrow, Jr. of Peck and Morrow, Florence, for petitioners.

Ned Michael Suttle, Circuit Judge of Lauderdale County, for respondents.

Christopher E. Connolly of O'Bannon & O'Bannon, Florence, guardian ad litem.

William R. Myers of Yearout, Myers & Traylor, Birmingham, for respondent Barbara Cooper.

STEAGALL, Justice.

This petition for writ of mandamus arises from an alleged error on the part of the trial court in reducing a contingent attorney fee set by a contract between a minor's parent and the minor's attorneys.

Bridgett McMurtrey, a minor, and Jacqueline McMurtrey, her mother, were injured in an automobile accident in Lauderdale County. Bridgett's father—Jacqueline's husband—employed Harold G. Peck and John O. Morrow, Jr., doing business...

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