Wilcox v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.

OPINION

ADAMS, Judge.

¶ 1 The events leading to this appeal began when Galen Hedges was involved in an accident on U.S. Highway 64 near Alva, Oklahoma, and sustained personal injury. According to the petition filed by Tom Wilcox, an attorney, Hedges hired him to represent Hedges “for any and all claims” Hedges might have against “any person, company and/or entity except for the State Insurance Fund,” and Hedges agreed Wilcox would be paid a contingency fee out of any sums recovered on his cause of action arising out of the injuries sustained in the accident. Wilcox’s petition (and an amended…