Kannewurf v. Johns

How courts have described this case

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• holding attor- ney that withdrew from case “was entitled to the reasonable value of his services up to the date of withdrawal”
• holding attorney that withdrew from case “was entitled to the reasonable value of his services up to the date of withdrawal”
• quantum meruit compensation is available only to attorneys who are discharged or who justifiably withdraw from representation
• “the attorney lien statute … is to be strictly construed but is in addition to, and not instead of, the common law remed[y] … of quantum meruit”
• an attorney is entitled to reasonable compensation where he voluntarily withdrew for the sole reason that the clients did not agree to accept a reasonable settlement offer or negotiate as the attorney thought best

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).