Hall, Lamb & Hall, P.A. v. Sherlon Investments Corp.

While I agree that Sherlon did not appropriately inform the appellant law firm of the settlement, I dissent from reversal because that lapse was not a legal cause of the firm’s failure to recover.

The reason for informing the lawyer of a settlement is to permit him to take steps to protect his charging lien. See Zaldivar v. Okeelanta Corp., 877 So.2d 927 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004). In this case, however, the Hall firm, by other means, actually learned not only of the settlement but of the location of the proceeds: in “escrow” with the plaintiffs representative, a person who stated he was an attorney,…