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Case Citations [1] (July 2018 through August 2019)

handle is hein.ali/rettlglyrs0058 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAw GOVERNING LAWYERS 3D CHAPTER 3. CLIENT AND LAWYER: THE FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP TOPIC 3. FEE-COLLECTION PROCEDURES § 43. Lawyer Liens Ohio App.2018. Subsec. (2)(b) quot. in sup. and quot. in case quot. in sup. Law firm that had entered into a contingent-fee agreement with client that gave firm a charging lien on the proceeds of any insurance settlement it obtained on client's behalf in connection with a car accident sued client, opposing party, and opposing party's insurer, seeking payment of its legal fees and expenses after insurer settled directly with client. The trial court granted summary judgment for firm, finding that insurer was liable to firm for the quantum meruit value of its legal services, including litigation expenses. Affirming, this court held that firm's charging lien was enforceable against insurer, because insurer had knowledge of the lien before it settled client's claim and, despite this knowledge, distributed the settlement proceeds solely to client. The court explained that, under Restatement Third of the Law Governing Lawyers § 43, a charging lien became binding on a third party when the party had notice of the lien. Kisling, Nestico & Redick, L.L.C. v. Progressive Max Insurance Company, 110 N.E.3d 681, 686-688. CHAPTER 4. LAWYER CIVIL LIABILITY TOPIC 1. LIABILITY FOR PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE AND BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY § 53. Causation and Damages Colo.App.2017. Cit. in conc. and diss. op.; com. (b) quot. but not fol., quot. in conc. and diss. op. Client brought an action for legal malpractice against attorney in connection with his representation of her in a potential claim for medical malpractice against her physician. The trial court entered judgment on a jury verdict finding that physician was negligent, and that client was entitled to an award of damages from attorney. This court reversed and remanded, holding that there was no evidence as to whether any potential judgment in an underlying medical-malpractice action against physician would have been collectible, as required under Colorado law for client to prevail against attorney in her legal-malpractice action. The court noted that, in any trial on remand, attorney had to raise the issue of whether the judgment would have been collectible as an affirmative defense, and that attorney bore the burden of proving that the debt was not collectible. The concurring and dissenting opinion argued that, under Restatement Third of the Law Governing Lawyers § 53, client had the burden of persuading the jury as to the collectability of the judgment. Gallegos v. LeHouillier, 434 P.3d 698, 707, 712, 713. COPYRIGHT 02019 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.

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