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Dietz v. Meisenheimer & Herron (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 17, 2009)

By Shaun Martin

Be careful to whom you refer -- or accept a referral from -- a case. Otherwise a big, ugly mess may develop. By "mess", of course, I mean litigation. Because who better to file and defend a lawsuit than two lawyers fighting over the spoils of a personal injury case that hits big?

This one's a San Diego case, but it could happen anywhere. Ultimately, San Diego attorney William Dietz -- the referring attorney, and a University of San Diego Law graduate -- comes out on top on this one, and gets his 25 percent. And Meisenheimer & Herron (a now-defunct firm, though James Meisenheimer is still a big lawyer in San Diego) has to pay.

So, as always, be careful who you team up with.

Full post as published by California Appellate Report on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).