Morrow v. Stewart

Pope, Judge.

Appellant Richard E. Morrow and appellee James G. Stewart entered into a written contract of employment pursuant to which Morrow retained Stewart to represent him in a personal injury action against Billie S. Kirtley. As is pertinent here, the employment contract provided that Stewart would receive “thirty-three and one-third percent (33-Vá %) of the gross amount paid in satisfaction of any compromise settlement proceeds and forty percent of any settlement, verdict or recovery obtained in said action after the instituting of suit as compensation for legal services rendered in…