Lutz v. Belli
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Elena Yee Lutz (Lutz) appeals a general judgment in favor of Melvin M. Belli, Sr. (Belli) and Sam Yorty (Yorty) in a consolidated action for attorney's fees.
We affirm in part and reverse in part as to Belli and reverse as to Yorty.
Belli brought an action for attorney's fees based upon a contingent fee agreement between himself and Lutz. At the time the attorney-client relationship was formed, Lutz was involved in at least five distinct legal proceedings, each relating to the estate of her deceased husband, Herbert Lutz. Mr. Lutz had been declared incompetent and under the…
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