Carroll v. Seiki Miyashiro

Appellant, Robert M. Botts, is an attorney originally retained by Alicia Carroll, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, to prosecute her claim for damages predicated upon injuries she suffered in a collision of a taxi, in which she was a passenger, with another automobile. The retainer was under a written agreement providing for a contingent fee of one-third of any amount recovered and payment of costs by plaintiff.

Acting on the retainer agreement, appellant, as plaintiff’s attorney, filed in the circuit court a complaint against the operators of the taxi and the other automobile, and also…