A new lawsuit between two personal injury lawyers highlights the dicey complications that can come from referral fees between attorneys, even when their law firms create a paper trail documenting fee-sharing.

Referral fees are a constant in the personal injury world. They range from 25% to one-third of the contingency recovered in a successfully litigated personal injury case, say lawyers in Philadelphia.

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