147.138 - CONTINGENT FEE OF ATTORNEY REVIEWED BY COURT.
147.138 CONTINGENT FEE OF ATTORNEY REVIEWED BY
COURT.
In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against any
physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist,
podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor or nurse
licensed under this chapter or against any hospital licensed under
chapter 135B, based upon the alleged negligence of the licensee in
the practice of that profession or occupation, or upon the alleged
negligence of the hospital in patient care, the court shall determine
the reasonableness of any contingent fee arrangement between the
plaintiff and the plaintiff's attorney. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 147.138] Section History: Recent Form
95 Acts, ch 108, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141