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SCOTT v. KEMPER INS. CO.

No. 8938.

357 So.2d 87 (1978)

Doris Ann SCOTT, Individually and as tutrix of the minor child, Lionel Bell v. KEMPER INSURANCE COMPANY and Christian Brotherhood of Homes of Marrero, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Howard McCaleb, III, New Orleans, in pro. per.

Windhorst, Heisler, DeLaup & Wysocki, Melvin G. Ripp, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOULIG, BEER and GAUDIN, JJ.

BEER, Judge.

Doris Ann Scott, individually and on behalf of her minor child, Lionel Bell, sought to prosecute a tort claim and, accordingly, entered into a contingent fee contract with attorney-intervenor E. Howard McCaleb, III. That contract provided, in part:

"In consideration of services rendered or to be rendered, I hereby assign to my said attorney an undivided 331/3% Interest in and to said claim if it is to be resolved that the claim is one for damages...

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