Newman v. Link

E.W. Newman asks this Court to reverse the judgment of the court of appeals, 866 S.W.2d 721, upholding a trial court order in a prior proceeding that required him to transfer a portion of his attorneys fees to the guardian ad litem. We earlier denied his application for writ of error and now overrule his motion for rehearing. Res judicata and estoppel prevent the allocation of ad litem costs in the prior proceeding from being properly subject to review in this cause.

Newman represented the father of a child injured in an auto-pedestrian accident. Nearly two years after suit was filed, the…