O'ROURKE v. Cairns
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
683 So.2d 697 (1996)
Intervention in Shannon O'ROURKE, wife of/and George O'Rourke
v.
Mark CAIRNS, D.D.S.
No. 95-C-3054.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 25, 1996.
Rehearing Denied December 13, 1996.
Stephen Barnett Murray, New Orleans, for Applicant.
Don Carsten Gardner, Harahan, Michael Alexander Fenasci, New Orleans, for Respondent.
KIMBALL, Justice.[*]
We granted certiorari to determine the standard by which attorney fees are to be apportioned among discharged and subsequent counsel when the client dismissed counsel for cause in a contingency fee case which was successfully prosecuted to…
Also in this document: Dissent · Victory; Concurrence; Dissent · Victory.
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