context: Determination of the value of legal services rendered falls particularly within the discretion of the trial court.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: all reviewing awards of attorney's fees under the quantum meruit standard, which normally applies when an attorney has been discharged by a client prior to conclusion of a case
citation_a.sentence: Succession of Butler, 294 So.2d 512 (La.1974); Oppenheim v. Bouterie, 505 So.2d 100 (La.App. 4th Cir.1987); Simon v. Metoyer, 383 So.2d 1321 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1980), writ refused 389 So.2d 1338 (La.1980); Fiasconaro & Fiasconaro v. Orlando, 342 So.2d 1261 (La.App. 4th Cir.1977); Lynch v. Burglass, 286 So.2d 170 (La.App. 4th Cir.1973) (all reviewing awards of attorney’s fees under the quantum meruit standard, which normally applies when an attorney has been discharged by a client prior to conclusion of a case); cf. Peiser v. Grand Isle, 224 La. 299, 69 So.2d 51 (La.1953); Massey v. Consumer’s Ice Co. of Shreveport, Inc., 223 La. 731, 66 So.2d 789 (La.1953); Succession of Richards, 49 La. Ann. 1115, 22 So. 317 (La.1897) (all affording the trial court great discretion in determining the value of legal services, where the services were rendered in a case tried before that particular trial court).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: all affording the trial court great discretion in determining the value of legal services, where the services were rendered in a case tried before that particular trial court
citation_b.sentence: Succession of Butler, 294 So.2d 512 (La.1974); Oppenheim v. Bouterie, 505 So.2d 100 (La.App. 4th Cir.1987); Simon v. Metoyer, 383 So.2d 1321 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1980), writ refused 389 So.2d 1338 (La.1980); Fiasconaro & Fiasconaro v. Orlando, 342 So.2d 1261 (La.App. 4th Cir.1977); Lynch v. Burglass, 286 So.2d 170 (La.App. 4th Cir.1973) (all reviewing awards of attorney’s fees under the quantum meruit standard, which normally applies when an attorney has been discharged by a client prior to conclusion of a case); cf. Peiser v. Grand Isle, 224 La. 299, 69 So.2d 51 (La.1953); Massey v. Consumer’s Ice Co. of Shreveport, Inc., 223 La. 731, 66 So.2d 789 (La.1953); Succession of Richards, 49 La. Ann. 1115, 22 So. 317 (La.1897) (all affording the trial court great discretion in determining the value of legal services, where the services were rendered in a case tried before that particular trial court).