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.
Killduff is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jasper County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads southeast of the city of Newton, the county seat of Jasper County. Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m). Although Killduff is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 50137, which opened on 2 July 1883.