Main Bank of Chicago v. Baker

This is an action on a note brought by Main Bank (Bank) against Jerome Baker and Lee Bourgeois. Baker and Bourgeois, joined Baker, Bourgeois & Associates, Inc. (BB&A), filed a counterclaim against Main Bank in which Main Automated Services, Inc. (MAS) was joined as an additional counterdefendant. After a jury heard the evidence offered by both sides, the trial court directed verdicts for Main Bank and MAS. The court further awarded the Bank attorney’s fees of $18,000. Baker and BB&A have appealed,1 contending that the cause should have been submitted to a jury and that the award of attorney’s…