An attempt by a West Palm Beach law firm to collect fees in the case of a young man who was severely injured by a Broward sheriff’s deputy has been rejected on appeal.

Nine years after a Broward Circuit Court jury awarded Eric Brody $31 million and six years after the trial court entered final judgment, attorneys with Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley sought to reopen the case to have the trial court consider a charging lien.