Legal Opinion
Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C. v. Tang
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided June 28, 1994No. 92-1849PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Judge.
This case involves an unfortunate fee dispute between an attorney and client. Donald Tang retained the Tom Riley Law Firm to represent him as the plaintiff in an automobile accident personal injury suit. Tang signed a contingent fee agreement, which provided, inter alia, that the Riley firm would receive one-third of the “gross recovery” in the personal injury suit. “Gross recovery” was defined as “the entire amount of money ... collected_”
The personal injury suit proceeded to trial, and resulted in a verdict for Tang of $189,-963.42. The case was subsequently settled prior to…
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