Cheshire Toyota/Volvo, Inc. v. O'Sullivan

The defendant, Mary O’Sullivan, executrix of the estate of William J. O’Sullivan, Jr., appeals from an order of the Superior Court {Morrill, J.) awarding her attorney’s fees for successfully defending, in the superior and supreme courts, a workers’ compensation appeal brought by the plaintiff, Cheshire Toyota/Volvo, Inc. The defendant contends that the court improperly applied the law governing fee determinations by disregarding her contingent fee arrangement with counsel and by setting a fee using the factors listed in Rule 1.5(a) of the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct. We affirm.