SWIFT v. BOLTEN

No. 74-1814.

517 F.2d 368 (1975)

Robert A. SWIFT, Appellant, v. Aug. BOLTEN (Wm. Miller's Nachfalger), Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Rabinowitz, Norfolk, Va. (Rabinowitz, Rafal & Swartz, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

In this case counsel, who had successfully asserted a third-party negligence claim on behalf of an injured longshoreman against a shipowner, asked that his contingency fee, calculated on the full recovery had, be taxed in proportion to their respective share in the recovery, against both the longshoreman and the insurance carrier for the longshoreman's employer, the stevedore, which had paid the longshoreman compensation and medical...

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