This amendment assumes that the plaintiff gets the recovery and the plaintiff's attorney gets a piece of the action. Your amendment to the amendment would anticipate a situation where the defendant in fact would have a recovery? Or are you going to measure the defendant's lawyer's fee in terms of the recovery received by the plaintiff?
Dawn Zimmer: “This amendment assumes that the plaintiff gets the recovery and the plaintiff's attorney gets a piece of the action.…”
Editor's note · Context
Discussing the implications of an amendment related to legal recoveries and attorney fees.
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