Legal Opinion
David Nicol v. Gulf Fleet Supply Vessels, Inc., in Personam, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Movants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1984No. 83-3540PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
David Nicol is a foreign seaman who brought suit against five interrelated Gulf Fleet companies to recover for personal injuries suffered aboard a Gulf Fleet tugboat. Nicol is represented by Dale W. Po-indexter, who was associated with the law firm of Hammett, Leake & Hammett when Nicol’s action was filed in 1980. Poindex-ter subsequently withdrew from the firm to establish his own practice, taking the Nicol matter with him. Unfortunately, Po-indexter and his former law firm were unable to agree as to the Hammett firm’s interest in fees earned for Poindexter’s work on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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