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- Title: Ronald J. Jarman v. Thomas F. Hale and
- Author : Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 15823
- Release Date : January 22, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Attorney Ronald Jarman represented Thomas and Margaret Hale in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against certain persons and Idaho State University (ISU) for alleged wrongful termination of Thomas Hale's teaching contract. The § 1983 action resulted in a $100,000 verdict and judgment in favor of the Hales. Two defendants appealed and the Hales cross-appealed. The Hales replaced Jarman with other counsel on that appeal. Jarman then filed a complaint in the same action against the Hales for attorney fees allegedly due and for an attorney's charging lien against the judgment obtained by the Hales. The Hales counterclaimed, alleging Jarman negligently represented them and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on them. Jarman moved to strike the emotional distress counterclaim and that claim was dismissed. Partial summary judgment was entered granting an attorney's lien to Jarman, in an amount to be determined after Disposition on appeal of the ISU suit.[Footnote 1] The partial summary judgment also dismissed the Hales' counterclaim against Jarman for malpractice. The Hales then filed this appeal. For reasons stated below, we vacate the partial summary judgment.