Denham Law Firm, PLLC v. David Anthony Nelson

CARLTON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. The six wrongful-death beneficiaries and heirs-at-law of Kimberly Simmons settled a wrongful-death lawsuit and then filed the instant action to determine the fees and costs owed to Denham Law Firm PLLC under contingent-fee contracts signed by four of the beneficiaries.1 In their declaratory-judgment complaint filed in Jackson County Chancery Court, the beneficiaries sought a determination of the rights and money owed under the contingent-fee contracts. The beneficiaries claimed that the contracts’ attorney’s lien provision for the value of services actually…