M. Jay Carter, Appellant v. Ernie Cline and Karen Cline, Appellees

Summary

The court affirmed an attorney-fee award of $42,104.06 to Carter, holding that the prior appeal's determination that no contract existed barred recovery under the contract's fee provision. It further held that the statutory fee provision did not authorize fees for Carter's negligence-based third-party claim and that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in excluding duplicative and unnecessary co-counsel fees. The court also affirmed the reduction of the award because Carter failed to develop that argument with convincing legal authority.