Redd v. Hill
Annotate this CaseAppellant entered into a contingency fee agreement with Appellee, an attorney, which provided that Appellee was entitled to one-third of Appellant's primary award. The underlying action resulted in a judgment in favor of Appellant. Thereafter, the district court awarded a supplemental attorney fees award to Appellant. Appellant paid Appellee one-third of he primary judgment but did not pay Appellee any portion of the supplemental attorney fees award. After Appellant did not give Appellee one-third of the attorney fees award, Appellee filed an attorney's lien against his asserted one-third share. The district court denied Appellee's lien. Appellee subsequently filed an seeking a declaration that he was entitled to one-third of Appellant's attorney fees award. The district court entered judgment in favor of Appellee. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the agreement was unambiguous; and (2) under the agreement's terms, Appellee was entitled to one-third of both the primary judgment and the court-awarded attorney fees.
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