Beverly Owen Barber v. Charles Robinson, Jr., et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA EASTERN DIVISION BEVERLY OWEN BARBER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:25-cv-652-CLM CHARLES ROBINSON, JR., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Attorney Beverly Barber sued Danny Mitchell in state court, claiming that Mitchell owed her $150,000 in unpaid attorney’s fees. She then secured a lis pendens on Mitchell’s campground, claiming that it was subject to her claim against Mitchell. After a bench trial, the trial court ruled that Barber owed Mitchell $1.17 million for slandering the campground’s title with the lis pendens. A jury then…