Legal Opinion
Ostler v. Buhler
Utah Supreme Court
Decided October 22, 1999No. 981697Published
1Opinion of the Court
989 P.2d 1073 (1999)
1999 UT 99
Neal K. OSTLER, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
Dave BUHLER, et al., Defendants.
Scott S. Kunkel, Real Party in Interest and Appellee.
No. 981697.
Supreme Court of Utah.
October 22, 1999.
Lynn P. Heward, Salt Lake City, for appellant.
James E. Morton, Salt Lake City, for appellee.
DURHAM, Associate Chief Justice:
¶ 1 Plaintiff Neal Ostler appeals from an order allowing intervention in the trial court by Ostler's former attorney, Scott Kunkel, and awarding fees to that attorney out of settlement proceeds received by Ostler. We reverse.
FACTS
¶ 2 In June 1993, Ostler sued a former…
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- In Re Beef Industry Antitrust Litigation. Neal Smith v. The National Provisioner, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Landes v. Capital City BankUtah Supreme Court · 1990
- Board of Education of the Granite School District v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1983
- Rushton v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1999
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