Turpin v. Anderson

SMART, Judge.

Clifford and Joan Anderson appeal from a judgment awarding $46,000.00 in attorneys’ fees to William Turpin. The Andersons claim that the trial court erred in submitting the case to the jury because, they claim, the evidence shows that Mr. Turpin abandoned their cause, thus forfeiting his right to recover in contract or in quantum meruit. They also contend that the trial court erred in entering judgment in the amount of $46,-000.00 because the amount exceeded the permissible quantum meruit recovery and was improperly based on Mr. Turpin’s hourly rate. Because the evidence supports…