Legal Opinion
Olsen v. Harbison
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 1, 2010No. C058943PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HULL, J.
This case involves a dispute between two attorneys over the division of fees. A client hired plaintiff Christopher J. Olsen to represent her in a personal injury action. Plaintiff subsequently brought in associate counsel, defendant Joseph F. Harbison III, doing business as Law Offices of Joseph F. Harbison & Associates. The client soon fired plaintiff and retained defendant. The case settled for $775,000.
Plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant to recover attorney fees by asserting claims for quantum meruit, breach of contract, fraud and deceit, intentional interference…
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