Contingency Contract Fees Are Separate Consideration From Business Goodwill

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 17 No. 2
Legal and Court Case Update
February 2011
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Wilson v. Wilson
2010 WL 4723461 (W. Va.)
September 21, 2010
US
State Court
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Kenneth Apple (wife)
Workman

Summary

West Virginia Supreme Court finds that construction management fees, conditioned on completion of a project, are analogous to attorney contingency fee contracts and subject to same rules of equitable division.

See Also

Wilson v. Wilson

West Virginia Supreme Court finds that construction management fees, conditioned on completion of a project, are analogous to attorney contingency fee contracts and subject to same rules of equitable division.