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.
Hecla is a city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States, located only a few miles south of the North Dakota border. The main road running through it is route 37. The population was 314 at the 2000 census.