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2019 Utah Code
Title 78B - Judicial Code
Chapter 3 - Actions and Venue
Part 4 - Utah Health Care Malpractice Act
Section 411 - Limitation on attorney's contingency fee in malpractice action.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 78B-3-411 (2019)
78B-3-411. Limitation on attorney's contingency fee in malpractice action.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
- (1) In any malpractice action against a health care provider as defined in Section 78B-3-403, an attorney may not collect a contingent fee for representing a client seeking damages in connection with or arising out of personal injury or wrongful death caused by the negligence of another which exceeds 33-1/3% of the amount recovered.
- (2) This limitation applies regardless of whether the recovery is by settlement, arbitration, judgment, or whether appeal is involved.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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