SHAMBERG, JOHNSON & BERGMAN v. Oliver

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Michael P. Oliver appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of his former law firm, Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered (Wallace Saunders), in this dispute over a referral fee in a medical malpractice action. Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chartered (Shamberg), the firm that had agreed to pay a contingent referral fee and that subsequently obtained a settlement judgment in favor of the injured person, filed this interpleader action and paid the referral fee into court in order to remove itself from this…