Wienholz v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Opinion

KING, J.

Deborah M. Wienholz, an incompetent person, by and through her conservator, Barbara Wienholz, (collectively appellant) appeals from a superior court order granting $434,149 in attorney fees to the law firm that settled her medical malpractice action against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Appellant contends the fee award should not have exceeded $288,458, which was the maximum compensation permitted under the contingency fee limitations set out in the 1975 version of section 6146 of the Business and Professions Code 1 which was in effect at the time she entered into a contingency…