Contracts
Feb. 27, 2008
Court of Appeal Rejects Last-Minute Updates to Contingency-Fee Agreements
The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday rejected a move to use some hastily handwritten updates to a contingency-fee contract as justification to make a man pay his former lawyer $300,000 instead of the $75,000 promised originally.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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SANTA ANA - Note to contingency-fee lawyers: Once you get your client to sign on the bottom line, don't go messing about with the contract.
An attorney who tried just that has failed in his third attempt to quadruple his firm's fee just as a case settled.
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