Stimac v. State

Defendant, the State of Montana, appeals from an order of the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, awarding an attorneys fee in accordance with the one-third contingent-fee agreement entered into between the plaintiffs and their attorney. We affirm.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion in awarding the full amount of the plaintiffs’ contingent-fee agreement as a reasonable attorneys fee under § 39-3-214(1), MCA.

The plaintiffs are fire fighters employed by the State of Montana, Department of Military Affairs, and stationed…