Legal Opinion
Hagans, Brown & Gibbs v. First National Bank of Anchorage
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1989No. S-2735PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
The law firm of Hagans, Brown & Gibbs (Hagans) represented Seair Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Seair) in its contract dispute with Husky Oil N.P.R. Operations, Inc. (Husky). Seair was awarded a substantial judgment in superior court and Husky appealed. Hagans and Seair agreed that Ha-gans would represent Seair on appeal and would receive 40% of any recovery as compensation for its services at trial and on appeal.
While the appeal was pending Seair went out of business. Its assignee, First National Bank of Anchorage (First National), pursued settlement negotiations with Husky.…
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