Kannewurf v. Johns

PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Debbie Kannewurf and Michael Kannewurf, appeal the trial court’s award of attorney fees to the intervenor, the law firm of Nelson, Bement, Stubblefield & Rich, for its representation of plaintiffs in their personal injury action. Attorney Thomas C. Rich was the attorney handling plaintiffs’ claim, and, therefore, we will refer to Rich as the intervenor herein, rather than referring to the law firm. Although the parties present several subissues for review, the main issue of this appeal is whether an attorney representing a…