SAUCIER v. HAYES DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 61562.

373 So.2d 102 (1978)

Fred SAUCIER v. HAYES DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. and the Hartford Group Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing June 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Patterson, Roy, Kiesel, Patterson & Abadie, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae, for defendant-appellant.

George W. Reese, in pro. per.

Emile L. Turner, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.

Charles B. W. Palmer, Amite, amicus curiae.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The issue presented is whether an attorney discharged by his client without cause prior to the completion of his services is entitled to the percentage fee stipulated in his contingent fee contract, drawn and recorded in conformity with LSA-R.S. 37:218, when the client subsequently recovers from the adverse party. The Court of Appeal allowed recovery. We affirm.

Relator, Fred Saucier, was injured in an automobile accident on February...

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