D.N. Corp. v. Hammond

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ and MATTHEWS, JJ., DIMOND, Senior Justice,* and COOKE and TAYLOR, Superior Court Judges.** RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I

This appeal from a grant of summary judgment involves the allocation among co-counsel of attorney’s fees which accrued in the settlement of a wrongful death claim.1 The superior court concluded that the fee distribution was in accordance with the lawyers’ original agreement and with a court-approved settlement proposal in which all parties had acquiesced. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

II

Donald Kaatz and Ronald Lindley were killed in an…