Rodgers v. McElroy

MAIN, Justice.

Following an automobile accident in which Ron’Drequez Cortez White was killed by a drunk driver, Elizabeth McEl-roy, who was the county administrator for Jefferson County and who, as such, was *1040appointed to serve as the personal representative of White’s estate, hired an attorney to file a wrongful-death action against the drunk driver, pursuant to § 6-5-410, Ala.Code 1975. The wrongful-death action resulted in a recovery, and, following litigation on the issue of the personal-representative’s fee, the Jefferson Circuit Court awarded McElroy a fee from the wrongful-death…