Legal Opinion
Christian v. Joseph
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 30, 1987No. Dist. Ct. Civ. No. 1986/47; Terr. Ct. Civ. No. 505/1984PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal requires us to determine whether the Territorial Court erred in setting aside as unreasonable a contingent attorney’s fee agreement as well as a separate retainer agreement. If the court properly voided the contingency fee agreement, we also must decide whether the court erred in fixing the amount of compensation the attorney should receive for his services.
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Sometime in March of 1978, Mary O. Joseph, a 61-year-old widow suffering from severe arthritis, consulted Allan A. Christian, an attorney admitted to practice before the courts of this jurisdiction. She went to him…
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