Floyd v. Shaw

CHARLES B. BLACKMAR, Senior Judge.

This is an action by one firm of attorneys against another, seeking to enforce an al*565leged agreement for the division of fees for prosecuting a wrongful death case, in which the plaintiffs represented the decedent’s mother and the defendants her husband. The circuit court sustained the defendants’ motion to dismiss, concluding that the decision of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis apportioning the recovery and directing payment of contractual fees pursuant to § 537.095, RSMo 1986 barred the plaintiffs’ claim as res judicata. We conclude that the…