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McCARTHY v. ESTATE OF KROHN

Nos. 4D08-1742, 4D08-1745.

16 So.3d 193 (2009)

Nancy McCARTHY, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Robert Frederick KROHN, and Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy W. Gregoire of Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, and Ricardo A. Reyes of Tobin & Reyes, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Andrew C. Hall, Adam S. Hall, and Roarke Maxwell of Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A., for appellee/cross-appellant Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A.

GROSS, C.J.

We consider challenges to the circuit court's rulings on prejudgment interest on attorney's fees and costs established in a charging lien proceeding arising from the claim of a law firm discharged by the client in a personal injury action. We hold that prejudgment interest runs from the date the client received the proceeds of settlement, a time fixed by the contract between the client and the law firm.

In 1997, appellant Nancy McCarthy signed...

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