LOUQUE v. JACK ECKERD DRUG STORE NO. 523

No. 12143.

405 So.2d 1097 (1980)

Joan Louque, wife of/& Lincoln LOUQUE v. JACK ECKERD DRUG STORE NO. 523, d/b/a Eckerds Drug Store, et al. Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Intervenor.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Heltz, Kliebert, Heltz & Kliebert, Gramercy, for Joan Louque, wife of/& Lincoln Louque.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, in pro. per.

Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and CHEHARDY, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment awarding $3,500.00 to an attorney who was discharged before the case was settled. The trial judge based his decision on the employment contract existing between the attorney and the client. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not in question. On March 2, 1978, Joan Louque incurred an injury to her foot when she slipped on the floor in Eckerd's Drug Store. She retained Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., as her counsel by signing...

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