Tidwell v. Waldrop

This matter was here once before on an appeal and a cross-appeal. Tidwell v. Waldrop, 554 So.2d 1009 (Ala. 1989). Frank and Betty Tidwell had sued attorneys Hugh Don Waldrop and John B. Butts in a legal malpractice action. As to the appeal, we affirmed the trial court's summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants. As to the cross-appeal brought by defendant Butts, we remanded for treatment of an issue concerning the adequacy of the amount of attorney fees awarded to Butts by the trial court. The evidence was undisputed that Butts had incurred attorney fees of more than $3,000 in…