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GETZEN v. LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. RUSS, P.A.

No. 24474.

475 S.E.2d 743 (1996)

Hazel S. GETZEN, Respondent/Appellant, v. LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. RUSS, P.A., and James M. Russ, individually, Defendants, of whom Law Offices of James M. Russ, PA., is Appellant/Respondent. LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. RUSS, PA., Appellant/Respondent, v. Hazel S. GETZEN, Lela H. Getzen, and Federal Paper Board Co., Inc., Defendants, of whom Hazel S. Getzen, is Respondent/Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Lydon, of Griffin & Lydon, L.L.P., Columbia, for appellant/respondent.

Henry Summerall, Jr., of Summerall & Bailey, PA, Aiken, for respondent/appellant.

James D. Nance, Aiken, for defendant Lela H. Getzen.

Kenneth W. Fish, Greenwood, for defendant Federal Paper Board.

BURNETT, Justice.

Respondent-Appellant Hazel S. Getzen (Mrs. Getzen) appeals from the order of the circuit court awarding appellant-respondent Russ1 attorney's fees of $33,062. Russ appeals from the same order, claiming he is entitled to attorney's fees of $170,093 under the parties' Contract for Legal Services. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS

In July 1991, Mrs. Getzen and her son John (John) hired...

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