Barnes v. Quigley

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Defendant is an attorney. So is the plaintiff, who sued him for “unlawful interference into the relationship between attorney and client.” The case was tried to the court and resulted in a finding for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

Defendant in his capacity as claims representative for an insurance company was attempting to settle claims arising from a collision between a truck insured by his company and an automobile owned by Roscoe Perry, in which collision injuries were suffered by Denson Gaddies, a passenger in the Perry car. On the day following the accident, defendant…