Legal Opinion
Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Gallaher
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1988No. 18701PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
This is a disciplinary case commenced by the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar against D. Clinton Gal-laher, IV, a Fayette County lawyer. The Committee, by its verified complaint, asserts that Mr. Gallaher collected a clearly excessive fee in violation of DR 2-106. We agree.
I
On February 14,1985, sixty-four year old Neva Dillon was a passenger in a motor vehicle operated by her son, Junior M. Dillon. Mrs. Dillon was injured when her son’s vehicle slid on icy roads and struck an approaching vehicle near Van, West Virginia. As a consequence of the…
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