(DOWNLOAD) "Ryder v. Farmland Mut. Ins. Co." by Supreme Court of Kansas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ryder v. Farmland Mut. Ins. Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 01, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This case involves a fee dispute between two law firms arising
from the referral of a personal injury case. The controversy
between the law firms concerns the division of a contingent fee,
one-third of the recovery, resulting from a $2,500,000 settlement
on behalf of the plaintiff, Donald Ryder. Ryder's Kansas
attorneys, Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown and Enochs, Chartered
(Wallace, Saunders), who contend no referral fee is owing, filed
a post-settlement motion to approve attorney fees and to resolve
the dispute. California lawyer Steven C. Geeting and his law firm of Fisher,
Weathers & Geeting (all referred to as FW&G), who contend a
referral fee is owing, appeal the rulings of the trial court. The
trial court held that FW&G is not entitled to a referral fee to
be paid by Wallace, Saunders from the one-third contingent fee.