Fowkes v. Shoemaker

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting appellee Shoemaker’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. Appellant now raises the following questions for review:

I. Does an attorney, who has been discharged by a client after rendering valuable services under a contingency fee agreement, possess a colorable claim in quantum meruit against his successor where the successor is fully cognizant of the attorney’s prior representation, but nonetheless knowingly accepts and unjustly retains those fees due the attorney by virtue of the…