Crockett & Brown, P.A. v. Wilson

David Newbern, Justice.

The law firm of Crockett «fe Brown, P.A., filed suit in Pulaski Chancery Court to obtain an attorney’s fee for representing Richard Courson. The Chancellor awarded a summary judgment against Crockett & Brown as the suit was barred by res judicata. We affirm the Chancellor’s decision as some aspects of the suit are barred by res judicata and others by collateral estoppel.

We first addressed this matter in Crockett & Brown, P.A. v. Courson, 312 Ark. 363, 849 S.W.2d 938 (1993). The facts from which this dispute arose are set forth in that opinion. Briefly, Crockett & Brown…