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- Title: Alice E. Mcknight v. Rice
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 16, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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This appeal concerns the priority of claims to fire insurance proceeds recovered by Richard and Adriana Van Hatten for the destruction of their house. Appellee, Rice, Hoppner, Brown & Brunner (hereafter Rice), represented the Van Hattens in litigation to obtain the insurance proceeds, and also in arson and perjury criminal charges against them. Rice claims the insurance proceeds through an attorneys lien and assignments from the Van Hattens. Appellant, Alice McKnight, was injured in an automobile accident with Richard Van Hatten. She and her husband obtained a court ordered assignment from him. They concede Rices right to its fees earned in the insurance case, but assert that their assignment has priority over Rices fees in the criminal cases. The trial court granted summary judgment to Rice, ruling that its claims to the insurance proceeds were entitled to priority. We reverse.