Legal Opinion
Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan Greenberg, Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan Greenberg
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 1987No. 86-1586, 86-1599PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Ralph W. Moores, Jr., plaintiff, was injured while laboring as a longshoreman in Maine. After collecting compensation benefits from the stevedoring firm for which he worked — benefits actually paid by that firm’s insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (LMIC) — he brought a third-party liability suit against the shipowners in Maine’s federal district court. Nathan Greenberg was his attorney. They agreed that the lawyer’s compensation would be contingent: the standard one-third of any judgment or settlement. But, the case was lost.
Moores wasted little time in turning…
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