Attorneys for Worker's Widow Didn't Have Enforceable Agreement to Split Fees

A Texas appellate court ruled that the attorneys who had represented the widow of a worker who was killed in a plane crash had not entered into an enforceable fee-sharing agreement, and that one of the attorneys could pursue a tortious interference with contract claim against the other. The court’s Dec. 31 ruling in Dickens v. Webster arose out of Brian Quinn’s death seven years ago. Quinn had worked as a pilot for Federal Express. He died when his plane crashed in Kansas shortly after takeoff. After Quinn’s death, his widow hired attorney Linda Dickens. She asked to pursu...