Triplett v. Elliott

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 of counsel on December 15, 1986.

There was substantial discovery, and the case was set for trial on April 2, 1990; the trial was moved to a later date…