Baker v. City of Granite City

Rehearing denied March 22, 1983. Richard Allen was awarded attorney fees in the circuit court of Madison County on quantum meruit for his representation of plaintiff, Mary Baker Davis, in a personal injury suit against the city of Granite City. She appeals contending that the trial court erred in allowing fees on the percentage of recovery customarily charged in contingency contracts and in allowing compensation for work performed in the city's appeal from the judgment rendered in her favor after she discharged Allen as her attorney. She also asserts that it was improper to allow Allen to intervene in her action against the city when he failed to perfect his statutory attorney's lien.