Magee v. Smith

SMITH, Justice,

for the Court:

This case comes as an appeal from an order of the Chancery Court of Harrison County awarding attorneys fees and interest over the objection of the trustee for the Estate of Jakie Sparkman.

Attorney Mike Smith was retained by the family of Jakie Sparkman to represent Sparkman’s interest and claim for damages arising out of the November 8, 1982, fire in the Biloxi City Jail. As a result of the fire, Sparkman was confined to the Biloxi Regional Medical Center where he remained in a coma until his death on May 11,1988. Smith associated C.R. McRae to assist him in the…