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GAGNE v. VACCARO

(SC 16351)

255 Conn. 390 (2001)

J. WILLIAM GAGNE, JR. v. ENRICO VACCARO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Stapleton, with whom was Richard P. Colbert, for the appellant (plaintiff).

William F. Gallagher, with whom, on the brief, was Hugh D. Hughes, for the appellee (defendant).

Katz, Sullivan, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Dranginis, JS.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether, in the absence of a written contingency fee agreement between an attorney and his client, as required by General Statutes § 52-251C,1 recovery by that attorney against a successor attorney should be permitted on the basis of quantum meruit or unjust enrichment, regardless of whether bad faith by the successor...

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