Court Opinion

ID: 9643413
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:28:25.575888+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:00.394612
License: Public Domain

Robinson, J. This case was tried twice. , It required two days in the first trial and three days the second time. Several of the witnesses lived at Conway and other places, although the case was tried at El Dorado. It necessarily required time, effort and expense to contact these witnesses and interview them with regard to their testimony. It is not a case where the lawyer could just tell his client to be at the court house on the day of trial with his witnesses. It required considerable time to work up all the law that might be involved and prepare the instructions. It required additional time, effort and ability to present the matter properly to this court. The insured had lost a leg. If his attorneys had lost the case, not only would there have been no recovery at the present time, but there could have been no hope of recovery for future disability. Last but not least, the appellee proved by several lawyers that a fee of some $1,500 to $2,000 would be reasonable and proper in this case, and their testimony stands uncontradicted. For these reasons, I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion reducing the attorney’s fee.