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.
Medicine Lake is a town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census. It is the location of the highest temperature ever recorded in Montana which was 117°F on July 5, 1937.