Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. v. Barner

This case involves a dispute as to fees between an attorney and a former client after the attorney was discharged and a settlement was secured for the client by a successor attorney. We reverse and remand for reconsideration by the trial court of the *1072amount of attorney’s fees due and the method by which such fees are to be determined.

In determining fees the trial court expressly applied the decision in Boyette v. Martha White Foods, Inc., 528 So.2d 539 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 538 So.2d 1255 (Fla.1988). Boyette held that:

1. The method set out in Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v.…