McRae v. Sawyer

C.R. McRae appeals from judgments in two consolidated cases which awarded him an attorney's fee lien of $5,000.00 in each case. The plaintiffs in those cases cross-appeal, asserting that McRae was entitled to no lien at all. We agree with the appellees/cross-appellants and, therefore, reverse the trial court's judgments awarding the liens to McRae.

Jessie Lee Sawyer and Juanita Peterson were injured in 1979 when a tractor-trailer truck owned by McDonald Petroleum Company collided with an automobile occupied by them. C.R. McRae contracted with Sawyer and Peterson to act as their attorney in the…