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SEWELL v. HANOVER INS. CO.

No. CA 86 1342.

517 So.2d 413 (1987)

Billy SEWELL v. HANOVER INSURANCE CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied February 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Greenburg, Houma, for plaintiff-appellant Billy Sewell.

Michael Caldwell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Hanover Ins. Co.

Ralph Brewer, Baton Rouge, for intervenors-appellee Riddick & Leake.

Robert Prejeant and Douglas Greenburg, Houma, for defendants-appellants Douglas Greenburg and Allen Helm.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.

COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises out of a dispute over the division of attorney's fees between the two sets of attorneys who at separate times represented the plaintiff in a personal injury suit. The plaintiff's claim was settled shortly before trial on the merits, with the resulting agreed-upon attorney's fees totalling $96,000.00, the amount in dispute here. From a judgment which awarded 45 percent of $96,000.00 to the first set of attorneys, the second...

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