Legal Opinion
Matter of Del Grosso
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 12, 1991No. 90 C 7265PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, Chief Judge.
An attorney undertook to represent a client in a personal injury case on a contingent fee basis, and a law firm with whom he shared offices did almost all the work, as the client apparently understood it would be done. The client filed for bankruptcy before the litigation was settled, and after almost all the work was done. The trustee obtained approval for the attorney and the law firm to continue to prosecute the claim. The lawsuit was thereafter settled for $125,000. When the attorney and the law firm sought to be paid, two unsecured creditors…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re GeorgeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1982
- In re Medina Quarry Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- In Re MonahanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1987
- In re Little River Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1900
- In re Gem Stores Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1938
3Cited by1 opinion
- Grochocinski v. Kennedy (In Re Miller)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992