If you are involved in a legal dispute, you may have heard your attorney speak about contingent fees. A contingent fee is simply a fee due to a lawyer only if a successful outcome of the legal action is reached, usually by winning or settling the case in the client’s favor.
Usually, the fee is a percentage of the money won, or the recovery, but may be partly a fee for time worked or partly a percentage. While fees are negotiable, contingent fees in personal injury cases are one-third of the recovery, unless particular difficulties exist within the case, making the attorney believe that he or she should ask for more.
Mowing the lawn isn’t safe when another vehicle is involved: two senior citizens are recovering after a car hit a riding lawnmower.
Men identified in car vs. mower accident
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It was a tragic end to a fun night, and now four are dead and seven wounded in a Memphis, Tennessee limousine accident.
4 killed, 7 injured in casino limousine accident
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April 23 was a bloody night for Boston residents, who saw five injuries due to neighborhood gunfire.
Five injured in Boston violence
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A pregnant woman is in uncertain condition after a 15-foot fall down an embankment of a Colorado river levee.
Pregnant woman injured after fall from levee
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