SUN BANK OF OCALA v. FORD

No. 89-507.

553 So.2d 368 (1989)

SUN BANK OF OCALA, Appellant, v. Jacques FORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne C. McCall of Ayres, Cluster, Curry, McCall & Briggs, P.A., Ocala, for appellant.

Michael J. Cooper, Ocala, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an award of attorneys fees.

The issue in this case is the same as that in Head v. Lane, 541 So.2d 672 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). That is, can an attorney and his client enter into a partial contingent fee agreement and then have the court assess a "contingency risk factor" against their losing adversary. See Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So...

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