Dustan Dobbs v. George McLaughlin

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Dustan Dobbs hired Appellees George McLaughlin, John Gehlhausen, and Anthony Argeros as his attorneys on a contingency fee basis. Appellees filed Dobbs’s product-liability claim against DePuy Or-thopedies in the DePuy ASR Hip Implant Multidistrict Litigation in the Northern District of Ohio. DePuy subsequently offered to settle all claims in that litigation.

Despite advice and pressure from McLaughlin, Dobbs refused to settle and discharged Appellees. Later, Dobbs changed his mind and decided to accept the settlement offer. Because the employment contract was inoperative…