Breed, Abbott & Morgan v. Hulko

Plaintiff Breed, Abbott sues to recover attorney’s fees, allegedly amounting to $100,000, expended by it in its pro se defense of an action brought by the present defendant R. Lee Hulko. In the prior action, Hulko had claimed that Breed, Abbott, which had been designated the escrow agent in connection with a transaction for the sale of certain real property to Hulko, had improperly released Hulko’s $82,500 down payment to the sellers, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Connell. After a trial, it was determined that Hulko had defaulted under the contract of sale and that the escrowed sum had, therefore, been…