Collins Entertainment Corp. v. Columbia "20" Truck Stop, Inc.

TOAL, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing a Circuit Court order which granted J.P. Strom, Jr’s motion to be retroactively relieved as counsel of record in the captioned matter.

*260FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Respondent Collins Entertainment Corporation (“Collins”) retained Petitioner J.P. Strom, Jr. (“Strom”) and Eric Bland (“Bland”) to represent it in a contract dispute with Columbia “20” Truck Stop. On February 9, 1996, Strom and Bland filed a circuit court action entitled Collins Entertainment Corporation v. Columbia “20” Truck Stop,…