Antley v. Rodgers

How courts have described this case

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• holding that quantum meruit is the proper basis for fixing the amount of attorney’s fees recoverable by a discharged attorney
• holding attorney discharged prior to securing benefits is entitled to compensation based on value of services which laid predicate for settlement ultimately reached
• holding JCC had jurisdiction to determine value of services rendered by claimant’s former attorney after claimant and employer entered into settlement agreement approved by JCC
• noting no monetary benefits were secured for claimant and no contractual basis for fees was established
• stating quantum meruit fee will be “the reasonable value1 of the services which he [the former attorney] performed prior to discharge”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).