SCF v. BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE

No. 7 EAP 2017.

175 A.3d 273 (2017)

SCF CONSULTING, LLC, Appellant v. BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Alexander Bochetto, Esq. , Gavin P. Lentz, Esq. , Bochetto and Lentz, P.C., Peter Rowland Bryant, Esq. , for SCF Consulting, LLC, Appellant.

Raymond Adam Quaglia, Esq. , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P., Matthew Ian Vahey, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LLP, for Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Appellee.

Sara A. Austin, Esq. , Josh J. T. Byrne, Esq. , Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Amy Joann Coco, Esq. , Weinheimer Haber & Coco, P.C., James C. Sargent, Esq. , Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr., Esq. , Cozen O'Connor, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Bar Association, 100 South Street Harrisburg, PA 17101, Appellee.

Chief Justice Saylor delivers an opinion announcing the judgment of the Court, joined by Justice Dougherty. The result of reversal of the Superior Court's order is also supported by Justices Baer and Todd.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns the enforceability of an asserted fee-splitting agreement between a law firm and a lay entity.

Appellant SCF Consulting, LLC lodged a civil complaint against Appellee, the law firm of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, in the common pleas court...

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