Legal Opinion
Greenberg v. Sher
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 1989No. 85-242PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Appellee Sher, an attorney, filed a complaint in intervention seeking payment of a one-third contingent fee under a retainer agreement between himself and appellant Greenberg, whom Sher had agreed to represent in pursuing settlement (and possible litigation) of a negligence claim against the driver of a vehicle which had injured Green-berg in October of 1980. The claim was eventually settled out of court by the driver’s insurer, GEICO, for $70,000 in October 1982, several months after Greenberg dismissed Sher as her attorney. Sher’s claim for the contingent fee…
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