Legal Opinion
Oliver v. Towns
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1999No. 1970312Published
1Opinion of the Court
738 So.2d 798 (1999)
Beatrice E. OLIVER
v.
Patricia TOWNS.
1970312.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
January 15, 1999.
Rehearing Denied June 11, 1999.
Beatrice E. Oliver, appellant, pro se.
James G. Bodin and Julian McPhillips of McPhillips, Shinbaum, Gill & Stoner, L.L.P., Montgomery, for appellee.
SEE, Justice.
In this legal-malpractice action concerning the misuse of a $12,000 settlement, the trial court entered a default judgment against attorney Beatrice E. Oliver and in favor of her former client Patricia Towns. The trial court awarded Towns $500,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive…
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