Susan Meek, M.D. v. Rockne Onstad Individually and D/B/A the Onstad Law Firm and Joyce Stamp Lilly Individually and D/B/A Joyce Stamp Lilly, RN, JDPC
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEM THOMPSON FROST, Chief Justice.
This case arises out of a dispute between two lawyers over attorney’s fees. In the trial court the plaintiff recovered in quantum meruit against one of two defendants, but was awarded no attorney’s fees for bringing that claim. Both the plaintiff and the defendant against whom judgment was rendered have appealed. We conclude that the evidence is legally sufficient to support the jury’s findings that a reasonable fee for the necessary services of the plaintiffs attorneys in this case is zero dollars, as there is evidence affirmatively showing that no…
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