Legal Opinion
Burns v. Valene
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 1, 1974No. 43990PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, Thomas F. Burns, appeals from the judgment in favor of defendant, Leo R. Valene, in an action by Burns, an attorney at law, for the reasonable value of his services performed under a contingent fee contract. Valene seeks review of the judgment denying his counterclaim against Burns for negligently conducting the trial of defendant’s case.
Valene was involved in a car accident in 1965. He retained Ellis Bursell, a duly licensed attorney (now deceased), to represent him in a claim for damages against the other driver. Their fee arrangement was a contingent fee contract for one-third…
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