Kennedy v. Clausing

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff (respondent), an attorney, in an action to recover legal fees from the defendant V. D. Clausing, an osteopathic physician, and his marital community (appellants), who will be referred to as the doctor or the defendant.

The plaintiff predicated his claims upon two verbal contingent fee contracts entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant during the course of their attorney-client relationship. Alternatively, the plaintiff sought judgment for the reasonable value of his services. The doctor admitted…