Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & James v. Burt

Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & James (“the law firm”) and Randy James, an attorney in the law firm, appeal from a judgment in favor of Steven D. Burt. We reverse and remand.

In 2003, Cornett Publishing Company (“Cornett”) filed a civil action (“the Cor-nett action”) against Target Media Partners, Inc. (“Target Media”), and other parties in the Calhoun Circuit Court. James and the law firm represented Target Media in the Cornett action.

Burt, a former employee of Target Media, had taken photographs (“the photographs”) for Target Media while in its employ and had provided copies of the…