Opinion ID: 59770
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: conclusion

Text: For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court. AFFIRMED. 2 The appellants also claim that even with the approval of the settlement, they have a right to proceeds calculated from the previous state court judgments in favor of their client. They allegedly had a contingency agreement in place with the debtor for 40% of the recovered fee. The appellants do not have a right to any specific amount of recovery at this point since the case is still on appeal and no final judgment has issued. See Pullen v. Ziegler, 595 So.2d 1267 (La. Ct. App. 1992) (concluding that the statutory privilege attaches only when the judgment is final, i.e., when application to Supreme Court of Louisiana for writs was denied). Whether the final judgment in this case would amount to $17 million is pure speculation, since the appeals are not complete. As the final disposition of this case is now a proposed settlement between the parties, fees will be calculated from the settlement amount. 4