Gaddy Engineering Co. v. Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, LLP

The petitioner, Gaddy Engineering Company (“Gaddy”), appeals from an adverse summary judgment ruling entered by the Circuit Court of Roane County on January 12, 2012, in a case that involves an alleged fee-sharing agreement between Gaddy and the respondents. The respondents are an individual lawyer, J. Thomas Lane, and the Charleston, West Virginia, law firm in which Mr. Lane is a partner — Bowles Rice MeDa-vid Graff & Love, LLP (“Bowles Rice”). At the center of this dispute is the petitioner’s contention that Mr. Lane agreed to pay Gad-dy one-third of all sums Bowles Rice received in…