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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Ruth</p>           Although Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth was scheduled to hear motions in a long-running rear-end accident suit, the judge instead the parties to work out what liens exist and set a hearing on those.<br /><br />Plaintiff Walter Spearman, acting pro se, as well as defense attorneys, began conferring shortly before 10:30 a.m.<br /><br />A hearing is now set to adjudicate the liens Jan. 22 at 10 a.m.<br /><br />Spearman won a roughly $125,000 verdict in May, which was the second trial of his suit against Michael Sunley. <br /><br />While Sunley's attorneys, Stephen Mudge and Tori Wells, had filed a move to enforce the suit's judgment, Dr. William Sprich filed a physician's lien in the suit.<br /><br />Sprich's lien is one of several that are outstanding in the suit.<br /><br />Spearman objects to it and indicated Friday that he would object to other liens filed in the case.<br /><br />However, there was some confusion as to who the lien holders in the suit are.<br /><br />Spearman sued Sunley for causing a neck injury when Sunley rear-ended Spearman's car.<br /><br />The first verdict was thrown out by the appellate court because it only accounted for his medical costs.<br /><br />The second verdict was reached in May and mirrored a proposed settlement Spearman rejected, according to Spearman's filings.<br /><br />Spearman's last attorney, Rodney Caffey, withdrew from the suit in December, citing differences with his client. Spearman was previously represented by E. Robert Edmonds and David Hesi.<br /><br />Sprich is represented by Thomas Keefe Jr. and Samantha Unsell.<br /><br /><i>The case is Madison case number 04-L-007.</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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