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.
Burns is a town in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 1987 comedy film Ernest Goes to Camp was shot here. The population was 1,366 at the 2000 census.