Staples v. McKnight

ROWE, Justice.

Appellees, Mary D. McKnight and McKnight & Fouts, P.C., sued appellants, Ernest L. Staples, Joyce R. Staples, and Twix, Inc., to recover under a contingent fee agreement for legal services rendered to appellants in the course of a prior lawsuit. The trial court entered judgment on a jury verdict in favor of appellees for the full contingent fee. In their second point of error, appellants complain that the trial court erred in granting judgment for appel-lees because there was no evidence of just cause excusing McKnight’s voluntary withdrawal from the case. For the reasons stated…