Susan E. Loggans & Associates v. Estate of Magid

This dispute involves the division of attorney fees. Susan E. Loggans & Associates was hired by the executor of Marvin Magid’s estate after Magid was killed in a helicopter crash on March 29, 1987. The Loggans firm was hired on a one-third contingency basis to prosecute the estate’s claim for damages arising out of the helicopter crash. The Loggans firm was eventually fired, and Kenneth C. Miller was hired to pursue the suit. The case was settled for $3.9 million, and the trial court approved $1.3 million in attorney fees. The Loggans firm filed a fee petition, seeking a portion of the $1.3…