Heinzman v. Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine

How courts have described this case

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• applying modern rule in contingent fee case, but recognizing that under certain circumstances, contract damages are available
• discharged attorney entitled to charging lien as security for a fee based upon quantum meruit for services rendered prior to discharge
• discharged attorney entitled to charging lien as security for a fee based upon quantum meruit for services rendered prior to discharge
• former attorney filed motion in original action to recover in quantum meruit
• “[A]bsent overreaching on the part of an attorney, contracts for legal services are valid and when those services have been performed as contemplated in the contract, the attorney is entitled to the fee fixed in the contract and to the lien granted by the statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).