SWINK v. LASITER CONST., INC.

No. CA 05-563.

229 S.W.3d 553 (2006)

Jim D. SWINK, Appellant, v. LASITER CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I.

February 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow P.L.L.C., by: E.B. Chiles IV and Brandon B. Cate, Little Rock, for appellant.

Newland & Associates, P.L.L.C., by: J. Richard Newland, Joel F. Hoover, and Ray S. Pierce, Little Rock, for appellee.


ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge.

Appellant Jim Swink appeals from a jury verdict awarding appellee Lasiter Construction a judgment for $60,500 for money Swink withheld as liquidated damages for delays in a construction project. The jury also awarded Lasiter $6,941.85 for additional landscape work. The trial court awarded Lasiter $71,037.40 in attorney's fees after reducing the hourly rates charged by Lasiter's attorneys and paralegals. Lasiter cross-appeals from the fee...

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