MARKWARDT v. ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO.

Nos. 2004AP3236, 2005AP1292, 2005AP1856, 2005AP1857, 2005AP2543.

724 N.W.2d 669 (2006)

2006 WI App 200

Jeanett MARKWARDT and George Markwardt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Department of Health & Human Services, and Humana Insurance Company, A Wisconsin Insurance Corporation, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Insurance Corporation, Nahop Partners, L.P., A Foreign Limited Partnership, and Radisson Hotel Milwaukee Airport, Defendants, Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Third Party-Intervenor-Respondent. Evelyn Rodriguez, Plaintiff-Appellant, Motorola, Inc., Involuntary-Plaintiff, v. Allstate Insurance Company, A Foreign Insurance Corporation, and Jennifer Nagode, Defendants, Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Intervenor-Respondent. Lori A. Tucek, Plaintiff-Appellant, Managed Health Services, a Wisconsin Insurance Corporation, and Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Company, A Domestic Insurance Company, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a Foreign Insurance Corporation, and Edna M. North, Defendants, v. Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Third Party-Intervenor-Respondent. Pamela D. Draskovich, Plaintiff-Appellant, UnitedHealthCare of Wisconsin, Inc., A Wisconsin Corporation, and American Family Mutual Insurance Company, a Wisconsin Insurance Corporation, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. Kristin R. McCauley and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, A Foreign Insurance Corporation, Defendants, Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James J. Gende II of Gende Law Offices, S.C. of Waukesha and Robert E. Barnes of Law Office of Robert G. Bernhoft of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the third-party-intervenor-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Terry E. Johnson of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before FINE, CURLEY and KESSLER, JJ.


¶ 1 KESSLER, J.

Because each trial judge assigned to one of these cases properly determined that Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. had a valid attorney lien, and based on undisputed material facts determined that attorney fees and costs requested by Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. were reasonable, we affirm. In each case, the award of reasonable attorney fees and costs was consistent with a Retainer Contract signed by each client with Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., and was consistent...

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