Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
I and a friend of mine filed seperate law suits, but agreed to have the cases consolidated for limited purposes only Streamlining discovery, avoid repetive trails on same issues, avoid unnecessary costs and delys, avoid risk of inconsistent adjudications, and for judicial economy and convieniences.
My friends case lost, I won 1 cause of action with a money judgement.
My attorney has sent me an itimized bill for cost, which he has included the total cost for both cases, including all Depo cost.
He also hired an attorney to help him, (he said would not cost me) and he has included her cost as well.
Can he collect moneys for my friends case/cost?
Can he charge me for the other attorneys fee and cost?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Did you have an agreement with the attorney as to how this arrangement was going to work. What about with your friend? If you can't work out something with the attorney and/or your friend, you should request manditory fee arbitration. That will be the quickest way to get your issues resolved.
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It would depend on your retainer agreement. My other question is whether your attorney filed a memorandum of costs, to recoup some of your costs when you won the one cause of action?
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