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FONTENOT & MITCHELL v. ROZAS, MANUEL, ETC.

No. 82-92.

425 So.2d 259 (1982)

FONTENOT & MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROZAS, MANUEL, FONTENOT & McGEE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1983.

Writ Denied March 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston N. Aucoin, Ville Platee, for defendant-appellant.

Tate, Tate & Tate, Paul Tate, Sr., Mamou, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET, LABORDE and YELVERTON, JJ.

DOUCET, Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute between two law firms as to the distribution of a fee engendered from representation by both law firms of a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit. The case was ultimately settled for $1,505,000.00, with the fee generated to the collective attorneys amounting to $464,638.68.

From the inception of the case the law firms had been unable to agree as to how this fee was to be distributed. As a result of this disagreement...

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