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STAIR v. TURTZO SPRY SBROCCHI, FAUL & LABARRE

768 A.2d 299 (2001)

Adrienne G. STAIR, Appellee, v. TURTZO, SPRY, SBROCCHI, FAUL & LABARRE, A Professional Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Spry, Domenic P. Sbrocchi, Bangor, for Turtzo, Spry, et al., a Prof. Corp.

Tibor R. Solymosi, William Van Scyoc, Erie, for Adrienne G. Stair.

Argued before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This appeal concerns the entitlement of a law firm to retain attorneys' fees awarded pursuant to the fee-shifting provisions reposited in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In 1989, Appellee, Adrienne G. Stair ("Stair"), retained Appellant, the law firm of Turtzo, Spry, Sbrocchi, Faul & Labarre, P.C. ("Turtzo, Spry"), to pursue a claim of gender discrimination against her employer. The parties entered into...

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