District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a dispute between law firms over the splitting of a contingency fee received in a successful products liability case, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the allegations in the complaint indicated that it was the intention of the parties under the contract to divide the attorney's fees upon their receipt by the attorney who obtained them, and thus, the suit was filed well within the statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2006
• Published 09/20/2006

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Franklin L. Zemel and John M. Cooney of Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Warren B. Kwavnick and David F. Cooney of Cooney, Mattson, Lance, Blackburn, Richards & O'Connor, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.