Legal Opinion
Rush v. Barrios
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 22, 1998No. 97-1532PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
I iWOODARD, Judge.
The plaintiff, Warren Rush, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of an action he brought as a discharged attorney against the defendants, Melvin and Kathryn Barrios, his former clients, to collect his portion of a personal injury settlement that was subsequently paid to them, notwithstanding that the contingency fee contract between Rush and the Barrioses was not publicly recorded. For the reasons assigned below, we reverse and remand.
FACTS
As a result of an incident that occurred at the home of Melvin and Kathryn Barrios (the Barrioses) on May 31, 1992, in Lafayette,…
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