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.
New Sweden is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 621 at the 2000 census. The town made national news headlines in 2003 when a man poisoned the coffee urn at the local Lutheran church, sickening 15 elderly parishioners and killing one.