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.
Vergas is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 311 at the 2000 census. The name comes from a railroad station. Vergas claims it is home of the World's Largest Loon, actually a twenty foot high sculpture of a loon, the Minnesota state bird.