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DeWITT, PORTER, HUGGETT, SCHUMACHER & MORGAN, S.C. v. KOVALIC

No. 92-2941.

991 F.2d 1243 (1993)

DeWITT, PORTER, HUGGETT, SCHUMACHER & MORGAN, S.C., Plaintiff-Third/Party Defendant-Appellee, v. Robert J. KOVALIC, Defendant-Third/Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred GANTS and Continental Casualty Company, doing business as CNA, Third/Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Kubiak, Terry E. Johnson (argued), Peterson, Johnson & Murray, Milwaukee, WI, Stephen Hurley, Hurley, Burish & Milliken, Madison, WI, for DeWitt, Porter, Huggett, Schumacher & Morgan, S.C.

Robert J. Gingras (argued), Wendy A. Williams, Gingras Law Office, Madison, WI, for Robert J. Kovalic.

Craig A. Kubiak, Terry E. Johnson, Peterson, Johnson & Murray, Milwaukee, WI, for Fred Gants and Continental Cas. Co.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, a disgruntled client asks us to referee a fee dispute with his lawyers. A jury determined that the lawyers are entitled to $230,000. In response to post-trial motions, the district court granted Kovalic's motion for an order to amend the judgment, and the law firm accepted a remittitur reducing the award to $150,000. The court refused to otherwise alter the jury's verdict. On appeal, the client contends that the trial was not fair...

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