Worley v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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1. “"* * * Rule 1.030 R.C.P. 30 F.S.A., provides that the Court may condition the substitution of an attorney upon payment of or security for the substituted attorney's fee and expenses, or upon such other terms as may be just. The charging lien is an equitable right to have the costs and fees due the attorney for services in the suit secured to him in the judgment or recovery in that particular suit. It was created to protect the rights of the attorney. Chancey v. Bauer, C.C.A. 5, 1938, 97 F.2d 293 ; 3 Fla.Jur., Attorneys at Law, § 71; 7 C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 211. The creation of a charging lien upon the proceeds of any recovery by the client in an equity action is an acceptable method of providing security for the payment of the attorney's fee. Winn v. City of Cocoa, Fla. 1954, 75 So.2d 909 ; Kurzweil v. Simon, Fla.App. 1967, 204 So.2d 254 . But where there is no charging lien involved, a lawyer's claim for fees must be prosecuted in a separate action at law, Chaachou v. Chaachou, Fla. App. 1960, 122 So.2d 24 ; Riddle Airlines, Inc. v. McGahey, Fla.App. 1962, 144 So.2d 92 . See Goodkind v. Wolkowsky, 1938, 132 Fla. 63 , 180 So. 538 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 338 So. 2d 245 - De La Cruz v. Brown