Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1999

Capek v. DeVito

Capek v. DeVito
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided December 1, 1999 · Consideration, Matter, Nigro
559 Pa. 385; 740 A.2d 1142; 1999 Pa. LEXIS 3580

Capek v. DeVito

Opinion of the Court

*386 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED to address:

Whether the lower courts erred in awarding summary judgment precluding a lawyer the right to claim a fee under a contingency fee agreement that included the language “no recovery no fee,” where the fee agreement also specifically provided for recovery of a fee under the doctrine of quantum meruit.
Justice NIGRO did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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