Legal Opinion
Horner v. Bagnell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 7, 2017No. SC19700PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In this appeal, we consider whether an attorney, who represented clients in contingency fee matters that originated while he was a member of a two person law firm and continued to represent them after the dissolution of that firm, is obligated to share a portion of those fees with his former law partner when those fees were not paid until after the firm's dissolution. The defendant, Jeffrey S. Bagnell, appeals 1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a court trial, awarding the plaintiff, Stephen P. Horner, damages in the amount of $116,298.89. On appeal, the defendant contends…
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