FIRST NAT. BANK OF SPRINFIELD v. Malpractice Research, Inc.

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• declaring contract void where courts had strongly condemned the use of contingent fee contracts for witness finders
• quantum meruit unavailable where subject matter of underlying contingent fee agreement held unenforceable as being against public policy
• quantum meruit unavailable where subject matter of underlying contingent fee agreement held unenforceable as being against public policy
• contract providing contingency fee to expert witnesses was void as against public policy, and thus payment for work performed in furtherance thereof is prohibited in quantum meruit
• a contingency-fee agreement with an expert-search firm was unenforceable
• a contingency-fee agreement with an expert-search firm was unenforceable

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