Jones v. MacKey Price Thompson & Ostler

Chief Justice DURRANT,

opinion of the Court:

Introduction

T1 This case arises out of a dispute over compensation paid to an attorney, Gregory Jones, by the law firm Mackey Price Thompson & Ostler (Mackey Price) for work Mr. Jones performed on several class-action contingency fee cases involving the weight-loss pill Fen-Phen. Mr. Jones worked on the Fen-Phen cases from 2002 to May 26, 2005, when he abruptly developed a mental disability called dissociative amnesia, which prevented him from remembering anything prior to that date. This disability also prevented him from continuing to work on the…