WALTRIP v. KIMBERLIN

No. C054324.

164 Cal.App.4th 517 (2008)

STEPHEN M. WALTRIP et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. KEVIN B. KIMBERLIN et al., Defendants; WELLS FARGO BANK, Claimant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

June 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noreen E. McDermott; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen W. Jones, Rogert W. Sleight and Christopher A. Nedeau for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mains and Bloom, Steven B. Mains and Yvonne Bloom for Claimant and Respondent.


OPINION

MORRISON, J.

This case requires us to determine the priority of competing liens, by a judgment creditor and the debtor's attorney, on settlement proceeds. Plaintiffs appeal from an order authorizing payment of counsel fees and costs from a settlement. Out of the $2.5 million settlement, the order authorized payment of $1,726,632 to counsel for fees and costs and $773,368 to Wells Fargo...

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