Partee v. Compton

PRESIDING JUSTICE MAAG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Clarence Partee, originally filed this action against defendants, Norman and Carmen Compton, to enforce a contingent-fee contract between the parties. On May 17, 1982, Norman Compton suffered injury in an automobile accident. He and his wife retained the legal services of Clarence Partee. Mr. Partee and the Comptons agreed in a written contingent-fee contract that Mr. Partee and any cocounsel he associated with the case were to receive as attorney fees one-third of any amount collected by settlement or judgment. The agreement…