Kopelman and Associates, L.C. v. Collins

CLECKLEY, Justice:

The plaintiff below and appellant herein, Kopelman and Associates, L.C., a West Virginia Corporation, appeals the June 9, 1995, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the defendants below and appellees herein, Peggy L. Collins and Gregory M. Courtright, individually and dba Collins & Courtright, a partnership. The circuit court ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiff “a sum of money calculated by multiplying the number of attorney hours expended at Plaintiffs [law] firm on [certain contingency fee cases]…