TUCKER v. RIO OPTICAL CORP.

No. 71,127

20 Kan. App. 2d 233 (1994)

WILLA B. TUCKER, Plaintiff, v. RIO OPTICAL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. (Thomas DeCoursey and Pieter A. Brower, Appellants, and J.R. Russell and John H. Fields, Appellees.)

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas DeCoursey, of Kansas City, Kansas, and Pieter A. Brower, of Kansas City, Missouri, appellants pro se.

David Carson, of Carson & Fields, of Kansas City, for the appellees, and John H. Fields, appellee pro se.

Before BRISCOE, C.J., GERNON, J., and ROBERT H. MILLER, Chief Justice Retired, assigned.


BRISCOE, C.J.:

Thomas DeCoursey and Pieter Brower (appellants), plaintiff's original attorneys, appeal the order of the district court denying their application for an apportionment of attorney fees between themselves and J.R. Russell and John Fields (appellees), plaintiff's subsequent attorneys, who obtained a settlement of plaintiff's claim.

The sole issue presented is whether attorneys who withdraw from a case for good cause are entitled to a portion of...

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