TRIPLETT v. ELLIOTT

1901083.

590 So.2d 908 (1991)

Kay Clark TRIPLETT v. Edgar M. ELLIOTT IV.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Kizer, Jr. of Kizer & Bennitt, Birmingham, for appellant.

Edgar M. Elliott IV and Rhonda K. Pitts of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellee.


SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding attorney fees of $17,734.92 based on a theory of quantum meruit. We affirm.

In December 1985, Kay Clark Triplett, through attorney Chris Christ, filed suit in an automobile accident case. On November 20, 1986, Triplett retained Edgar M. Elliott IV, of the law firm of Rives and Peterson, in Birmingham, Alabama, to represent her. Elliott and his law partner, Robert Cooper, filed a notice of substitution...

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