Giles v. Russell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[W]hile the attorney has exclusive control over procedural matters incident to litigation, the client has exclusive control over the subject matter of litigation.”
• “employment contract which prevents the client from settling without the consent of the attorney is void as against public policy”
• “settlements are favored by the law where they are honestly made for the simple purpose of ending the litigation with no intention of taking advantage of the attorneys”
• “the client may, in good faith, settle or compromise his litigation ... without the knowledge or consent of the attorney, and such settlements are favored by law where they are honestly made for the simple purpose of ending the litigation with no intention of taking advantage of the attorneys”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).