Legal Opinion
Burns v. McClinton
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 25, 2006No. 55824-2-IPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBecker, J.
¶1 For many years, Dennis Burns, a wealthy inventor and investor, used the professional accounting services of David McClinton. Burns gave McClinton carte blanche over his personal finances in 1995. They orally agreed to an indefinite retainer agreement pegging McClin-ton’s monthly fee at $1,500. Burns fired McClinton in 2001 after discovering that McClinton had long been paying himself at the rate of $2,500 per month, as well as additional sums for special projects. Burns sued McClinton, and the trial court found that Burns had not agreed to the fee increase. The court awarded him damages…
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