Greenberg v. Bar Steel Construction Corp.

Plaintiffs are attorneys seeking to recover fees for services rendered pursuant to an alleged retainer agreement, which in fact was a typewritten letter from plaintiff Bass to Cedric Janien, president of defendant Bar Steel. Their complaint alleges that they were retained to both prosecute certain claims for Bar Steel against the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., and to defend against counterclaims ultimately totaling $5,000,000 which would be introduced. This letter recited in part that where “ a claim is settled at qny time after trial has commenced or a judgment is procured on that claim, 20%…