Hoglund v. Meeks

*859¶1 — This case involves breach of a fee-sharing contract among attorneys who at various times served as a plaintiff’s attorney in a personal injury lawsuit otherwise unrelated to this appeal. Defendants Steven Meeks, Jay Goldstein, and Sherelle Willingham appeal the trial court’s liquidated damages award and bench trial finding that they breached their contract with plaintiff John Hoglund in failing to share the contingent attorney fee when their mutual client settled with the insurance company. Defendants argue that (1) Willingham did not have apparent authority to contract on behalf of…