BAILEY HUNT JONES & BUSTO v. ROLAND

No. 93-1268.

632 So.2d 82 (1993)

BAILEY HUNT JONES & BUSTO, P.A., a Professional Association, Appellant, v. ROLAND Langen, P.A., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey Hunt Jones & Busto, James C. Cunningham, Jr., and Mercedes C. Busto, Miami, for appellant.

Christopher Langen, Miami, Concepcion, Sexton & Stiphany and Francis X. Sexton, Jr., Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, COPE and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Because (a) the attorney's fee, which was previously awarded by the trial court to the two law firms representing the plaintiffs in the underlying class action amounting to 25% of the $9,200,000 settlement obtained, was contingent upon the plaintiffs prevailing in the action and was therefore a "contingency fee," within the meaning of the fee-sharing agreement between the two law firms, and (b) there was substantial, competent evidence adduced below that...

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