Ex Parte Peck

This petition for writ of mandamus arises from an alleged error on the part of the trial court in reducing a contingent attorney fee set by a contract between a minor's parent and the minor's attorneys.

Bridgett McMurtrey, a minor, and Jacqueline McMurtrey, her mother, were injured in an automobile accident in Lauderdale County. Bridgett's father — Jacqueline's husband — employed Harold G. Peck and John O. Morrow, Jr., doing business as Peck and Morrow, Attorneys at Law, to represent his wife and daughter in their claims arising out of the automobile accident. He signed a one-third contingent…