Legal Opinion
Booker v. Midpac Lumber Co., Ltd.
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
Decided December 16, 1981No. 7534; CIVIL NO. 55395PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
BURNS, J.
Booker hired Ingman as his attorney under a contingent fee contract to pursue a tort claim. Eight months after the accident and before the case came to trial, Booker, without legal cause, terminated Ingman’s services and hired other attorneys to represent him.
Ingman appeals because he was willing to accept a $15,000.00 attorney’s fee and the lower court awarded him only $1,500.00.
We decide that the lower court manifestly abused its discretion when it explicitly refused to consider two factors relevant to its determination of Ingman’s fee.
On August 2, 1978,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Fracasse v. BrentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Sharp v. Hui Wahine, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1966
- Tonn v. ReuterWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
- Brodie v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
- Keating v. KeatingHawaii Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Attorney's Fees of Mohr v. PowersHawaii Supreme Court · 2001
- Booker v. Midpac Lumber Co., Ltd.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. PrzeradzkiHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1985
- Chuck Jones and MacLaren v. WilliamsHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 2003
- UCSF-Stanford Health Care v. Hawaii Management Alliance Benefits & Services, Inc.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1999
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