Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Bashara

OPINION

ESQUIVEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding attorney’s fees.

Briefly, the background facts are as follows. Jody Maxwell Tombs (Tombs) was involved in a collision with appellee, Kelly F. Axtell (Axtell). Axtell sued Tombs for injuries received in the collision. Appellee Sam C. Bashara (Bashara), an attorney, represented Axtell under a contingency contract of employment in Axtell’s personal injury suit against Tombs. While this suit was pending and before settlement was reached, all parties knew that appellant Baptist Memorial Hospital System (Baptist) filed a hospital…