Loper v. Apfelbeck

HALL, Judge.

James B. Loper appeals from a final order which determined the percentage of attorney’s fees to be awarded him pursuant to his contingent fee contract with Bonny Apfelbeck. We elect to treat this appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and for the reasons stated below, we grant the petition but remand for additional findings.

Bonny Apfelbeck is the personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Robert Stanley Apfelbeck, Jr. She employed attorney James Loper on a contingent fee basis to represent her in a wrongful death action against Edward Randall Wyrich and…