Skidmore & Associates Co. L.P.A. v. Southerland

Cook, Presiding Judge.

Skidmore & Associates Co., L.P.A. (“the law firm”) sued Joseph and Janice Southerland (“the clients”) for unpaid legal fees. The clients assign as error the granting of summary judgment to the law firm. We find that summary judgment was erroneously granted for two reasons. First, the court had no cognizable evidence of the amount claimed to be due. Second, even if the amount claimed were properly evidenced, the opposing affidavit of the clients set up issues of fact as to (1) whether the “fee agreement” letter was the entire agreement between the law firm and the…