Legal Opinion
D'Urso v. Lyons
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 29, 2006No. AC 26860PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HARPER, J.
The plaintiff Sharyn N. D’Urso1 appeals from the trial court’s judgment affirming the order of the Probate Court. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that an attorney may have a valid charging lien on the proceeds of litigation when the representation was based on an hourly fee agreement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts and procedural history are undisputed. In 1995, the defendant Deborah Lyons,2 acting in her capacity as trustee for Robert B. D’Urso, instituted an action against Robert D’Urso’s sisters, Marion…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Marsh, Day & Calhoun v. SolomonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Gager v. WatsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1836
- Perlmutter v. JohnsonConnecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- Cooke v. ThresherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
- Santana v. City of HartfordConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
3Cited by6 opinions
- Olszewski v. JordanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
- D'Urso v. LyonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. BlissConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015
- Doe v. East Lyme Board Of EducationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2023
- Olszewski v. JordanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015
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