Mongeluzzi v. Pansini

JONES II, J.,

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a dispute between two law firms over the division of $6 million in attorneys’ fees generated by the settlement of three lawsuits that were filed against PECO Energy Company in the wake of a December 1995 gas explosion in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs Robert Mongeluzzi and Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, bring this action for unjust enrichment, and seek an accounting and the imposition of a constructive trust to recover their share of the fees received by defendants as generated by the PECO actions. Plaintiff Robert Mongeluzzi claims that he…