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HEINZMAN v. FINE, FINE, LEGUM & FINE

Record No. 760492.

234 S.E.2d 282 (1977)

Doyle J. HEINZMAN v. FINE, FINE, LEGUM & FINE, Attorneys at Law.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Brown, J. Gray Lawrence, Jr., Norfolk (Howell, Anninos, Daugherty & Brown, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Howard I. Legum, Norfolk (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Norfolk, on brief), for defendants in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

POFF, Justice.

We consider whether, when an attorney employed under a contingent fee contract is discharged without just cause and the client employs another attorney who effects a settlement, the discharged attorney is entitled to the contractual fee or to a fee based upon quantum meruit for services rendered prior to discharge. The fee in issue was awarded to Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Attorneys at Law (hereinafter, Legum), in orders approving settlement...

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