Case Name: John CAPEK, Esquire, Petitioner, v. Jennifer DeVITO, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-12-01
Citations: 740 A.2d 1142
Docket Number: 
Parties: John CAPEK, Esquire, Petitioner, v. Jennifer DeVITO, Respondent.
Judges: Justice NIGRO did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 740
Pages: 1142–1142

Head Matter:
John CAPEK, Esquire, Petitioner, v. Jennifer DeVITO, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 1, 1999.
Paul Mark Perlstein, Robert J. Foster, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 1999, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED to address:
Whether the lower courts erred in awarding summary judgment precluding a lawyer the right to claim a fee under a contingency fee agreement that included the language "no recovery no fee," where the fee agreement also specifically provided for recovery of a fee under the doctrine of quantum meruit.
Justice NIGRO did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.