Williams v. Capps Trailer Sales, Inc.

This case involves an appeal and two cross-appeals from a judgment of the trial court granting attorney fees and costs under the Alabama Litigation Accountability Act, §§12-19-270 through -276, Ala. Code 1975.

On March 12, 1990, Jessie Edward Williams, through his attorney, Julia McCain Lampkin Asam, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, seeking damages as a result of a motor vehicle accident that had occurred in March 1973. Williams alleged "newly discovered evidence of fraud on an implied contract" that led to his injuries in the 1973 accident. The complaint named numerous…