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DEFRANCESCH v. HARDIN

No. CA 86 0738.

510 So.2d 42 (1987)

Fred R. DEFRANCESCH v. A. Edward HARDIN, Individually and A. Edward Hardin, a Professional Law Corporation.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devan Daggett, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Fred R. Defrancesch.

Fred R. Defrancesch, Grayville, pro se.

Michael A. Patterson and Robert D. Hoover, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant A. Edward Hardin, etc.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.

GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This suit arose out of a dispute between two attorneys over the division of a contingency fee received as part of a settlement in a products liability suit. Both attorneys contracted jointly to represent the plaintiffs, but failed to agree as to the division of the attorneys' fee between themselves. The trial judge awarded fifty percent of the contingency fee, which was forty percent of the settlement, to plaintiff and defendant perfected...

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