A contingent fee is when an attorney charges dependent upon a successful outcome in the case. It is often agreed to be a percentage of the total recovery to the client. Such fee arrangements are often used in negligence cases and other civil actions but not for criminal defense or divorce actions.
Lynn Haven is a city in Bay County, Florida, United States, north of Panama City. The population was 12,451 at the 2000 census. It has the smaller population of the two principal cities of the Panama City, Florida-Lynn Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,677.