Court Opinion

ID: 9665670
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:54:16.65805+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:17.550736
License: Public Domain

Conley Byrd, Justice, dissenting. If we suppose that appellee’s counsel spent one day in reading to bone up on his medical knowledge before taking the two doctors’ depositions and that he took a half a day in taking each of the depositions, I don’t see how he could have had more than four complete days of work in the handling of this one day trial. Furthermore, if we assume that approximately 45% of the fees which he collects, go to overhead, and that after vacations and holidays, counsel only works 154 days in a year, we are still figuring a reasonable compensation to counsel at a rate in excess of $100,000 per year. It looks to me that a gross income of $750.00 per day on this type of litigation should be adequate compensation. On the basis of what the record shows, I don’t see how we can make an allowance in excess of $3,000 and that is rather liberal. For the reasons stated I respectfully dissent.