Compensation for reasonable attorneys' fees in the event an employment contract exists between the claimant and claimant's attorney on a contingent fee arrangement shall be awarded to the claimant's attorney in a health care liability action in an amount to be determined by the court on the basis of time and effort devoted to the litigation by the claimant's attorney, complexity of the claim and other pertinent matters in connection therewith, not to exceed thirty-three and one third percent (331/3%) of all damages awarded to the claimant.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-26-120
Attorneys' fees
Known as the Therapist Sexual Misconduct Victims Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 29-26-101 to 29-26-210 (22 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Wright Ex Rel. Wright v. Wright (2011)
Most recently applied in 124 Fed. Cl. 675 - Lambert v. United States (December 2015)
Acts 1975, ch. 299, § 19; 1976, ch. 759, § 19; T.C.A., § 23-3419; Acts 2012, ch. 798, § 12.
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.