Rice v. Cummings’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc. · McCann v. Todd · 354 So. 2d 192 - Duer & Taylor v. BLANCHARD, WALKER, ETC. · 598 So. 2d 507 - Scurto v. Siegrist · State v. Slaid
Most-quoted passages
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“Louisiana courts have generally refrained from examining professional contracts between attorneys who agree to share legal fees to determine whether one attorney performed more work than the other. In McCann v. Todd, 203 La. 631 , 14 So.2d 469 (La.1943), the court held that when one attorney engages another to assist in the representation of a client under a contingency fee contract, they share equally in the fee, and it is immaterial that one attorney may provide more labor or skill than the other. See also, Defrancesch v. Hardin, 510 So.2d 42 (La.App. 1 Cir.) writ denied, 513 So.2d 819 (La.1987); Scurto v. Siegrist, 598 So.2d 507, 510 (La.App. 1 Cir.), writ denied, 600 So.2d 683 (La.1992). In Scurto v. Siegrist, the Court stated as follows: The agreement between plaintiff and defendant was one confected between two professionals and we will not assume the |9position of dictating to attorneys in a Duer [& Taylor v. Blanchard, Walker, O’Quin & Roberts, 354 So.2d 192 (La.1978) ] situation exactly how much work they need perform to entitle them to a certain fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the record may show that the quantity of work and advancement of costs invested by the Cummings firm outweighs that of the Steinberg firm in this case, this Court is not in a position to perform the role of telling attorneys that they must perform a certain amount of work, or attend a certain number of depositions, or contact the client a certain number of times in order to become entitled to a certain portion of the fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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