NGUYEN v. LOS ANGELES CTY. HARBOR/UCLA MED. CTR.

Docket No. B084941.

40 Cal.App.4th 1433 (1995)

48 Cal. Rptr.2d 301

MAI CHI NGUYEN, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY HARBOR/UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant and Respondent; LAW OFFICES OF DAVID M. HARNEY, Movant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

December 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David M. Harney, Thomas Kallay, Robert H. Pourvali, Esner, Zakheim & Higa, Esner, Marylander, Zakheim & Higa, Rosalyn S. Zakheim and Stuart B. Esner for Movant and Appellant.

Riordan & McKinzie, Jeffrey L. Glassman and H. Jay Kallman for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols, George E. Peterson, Greines, Martin, Stein & Rinchland, Kent L. Richland and Barbara S. Perry for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

The parties call on us to decide two separate but related issues: (1) May a final judgment providing for periodic payments of future damages be amended at the request of the plaintiff to require a cash advance against future damages in the amount necessary to pay her attorney fees? (2) In determining the maximum attorney fees allowable under MICRA,1 how should the trial court calculate...

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