Searcy, Denney v. Poletz

Full title: SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART SHIPLEY, P.A., APPELLANT, v. PAIGE N…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Mar 4, 1994

646 So. 2d 209 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 93-01699.

March 4, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; Thomas E. Penick, Jr., Judge.

Christian D. Searcy of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin Perwin, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

F. Wallace Pope, Jr. of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel Burns, P.A., Clearwater, for appellees.

PATTERSON, Judge.

In this dispute over how the fee of a lawyer, first retained under a contingent fee contract, then discharged, should be calculated on a quantum meruit basis, we affirm the trial court. See Rood v. McMakin, 538 So.2d 125 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989); Riesgo v. Weinstein, 523 So.2d 752 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). We certify conflict with Stabinski, Funt De Oliveira, P.A. v. Law Offices of Frank H. Alvarez, 490 So.2d 159 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 500 So.2d 545 (Fla. 1986), and Faro v. Romani, 629 So.2d 872 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

FRANK, C.J., and HALL, J., concur.