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.
Morse is a village in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 759 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Incorporated as a village in 1906, it was settled by farmers from Illinois and Iowa. When the Southern Pacific Railroad completed the line here, they named it Morse Station after a railroad official.