Legal Opinion
Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Law Firm of Malone Middleman, P.C.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 2016PublishedCited by 284 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER. .
This case presents a dispute between two law firms over attorney’s fees earned in a wrongful death civil litigation settlement. We granted allocatur to examine the propriety of the Superior Court’s holding that a law firm, which had formerly provided representation in the wrongful death action, was entitled, to breach of contract damages against a successor law firm that ultimately obtained a settlement in the case when no contract existed between the two law firms. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
The parties herein elected, to have their case decided by a judge…
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