Styer v. Hugo

BECK, Judge:

This appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, David L. Styer, Esquire, and against appellant, Randall W. Hugo, Esquire, poses the following issue:

Is a lawyer who originally represented the plaintiffs in a personal injury action pursuant to an oral contingent fee agreement and who, upon being discharged by his clients prior to the termination or settlement of the action, requested no fee from his clients but agreed with the clients’ second lawyer that any fee received by the second lawyer would be shared with the first lawyer, entitled to recover a portion of the contingent fee…