Court Opinion

ID: 9645479
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:26:21.404173+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:28.682545
License: Public Domain

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent from the majority ■opinion for two reasons: First, appellant did not at any time have a bona fide opportunity to settle all of the claims which might have been made against it; second, Bell failed to avail himself of the opportunity to employ his own counsel although appellant specifically authorized him to do so. His failure to obtain special counsel was his implied consent for appellant’s counsel to represent his personal interest and he cannot now be heard to complain. Furthermore, he never at any time requested the appellant to settle.
HILL, J., joins in this dissent.