Legal Opinion
Haskins Law Firm v. American National Property & Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 4, 1991No. 90-239PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
This dispute arises under the Attorney’s Lien Law, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-22-301-304 (Supp. 1989).
On September 14, 1984, Ms. Fritzi Ketcher-Montgomery was injured in a collision with James L. Redditt, an insured of American National Property and Casualty Insurance Co., (ANPAC). Ms. Ketcher-Montgomery hired The Haskins Law Firm (Haskins) and agreed to a contingent fee of 33 '/h percent of all sums recovered. Approximately a year later, on November 20, 1985, she terminated her agreement with Haskins and hired Guy Jones, Jr. On December 2,1985, Haskins sent certified letters to…
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- Meyers v. MeyersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
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