Legal Opinion

Fields v. Klein

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 10, 2007No. 4D06-410PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

946 So.2d 119 (2007)

John E. FIELDS, Appellant,

v.

Patricia KLEIN, Appellee.

No. 4D06-410.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 10, 2007.

Philip D. Parrish of Philip D. Parrish, P.A., Miami, and Stanley B. Prager, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.

Michael Metzner, Pompano Beach, for appellee.

MAASS, ELIZABETH T., Associate Judge.

John E. Fields appeals a final judgment awarding his prior counsel a contingency fee. We reverse, finding that Fields discharged his lawyer before the contingency was realized.

Fields was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He hired Patricia Klein to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Rosenberg v. LevinSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  2. Mansfield v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  3. Milton Kelner, PA v. 610 Lincoln Road, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Life General SEC. Ins. Co. v. HoralDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  5. Cooper v. Ford & Sinclair, PADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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3Cited by7 opinions

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