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FIELDS v. KLEIN

No. 4D06-410.

946 So.2d 119 (2007)

John E. FIELDS, Appellant, v. Patricia KLEIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Parrish of Philip D. Parrish, P.A., Miami, and Stanley B. Prager, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.

Michael Metzner, Pompano Beach, for appellee.

MAASS, ELIZABETH T., Associate Judge.

John E. Fields appeals a final judgment awarding his prior counsel a contingency fee. We reverse, finding that Fields discharged his lawyer before the contingency was realized.

Fields was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He hired Patricia Klein to represent him under a written contingency fee contract. The contract obligated Fields to pay a one-third contingency fee of the first million dollars recovered if the action...

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