Morrison Cohen Singer & Weinstein, LLP v. Network Industries Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered December 16, 1999, which denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment in part and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment in part, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, as legal counsel, formerly represented defendant in its breach of contract action against Champion Products, Inc. The action was settled before trial in 1998 for $2.2 million. The parties do not dispute that plaintiff is owed a fee, but dispute how much, in particular contesting the interpretation of the fee clause in the retainer…