Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. McCoy
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided April 13, 1995No. 3:90-0526PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
Pending in this closed case is a dispute among Betty Ann Jenkins, her court-appointed lawyer, W. Robert Hamlin, and strangers to this litigation. The dispute involves a portion of Plaintiff’s recovery claimed and retained by Mr. Hamlin’s employer, the law firm of Wood Grimm & Delp. 1 To resolve the issue the Court held an evidentiary and took testimony from the Plaintiff, her counsel Mr. Hamlin and Bert M. Grimm, Jr., a partner of Wood Grimm & Delp.
For the reasons that follow, the Court concludes a putative contingent fee contract executed by the…
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