Abrams v. Putney

Blackburn, Judge.

Following a bench trial in a dispute over Gary Abrams’s failure to pay his former attorney’s (Martin Putney) fees, the trial court entered a judgment against Abrams and in favor of Putney. Abrams appeals, contending that the trial court erred by awarding excessive fees to Putney and to Putney’s counsel (who represented Putney in the fee dispute), and by excluding some of Abrams’s testimony as hearsay. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

“On appeal from a bench trial, we construe the evidence in favor of the judgment and will not disturb fact findings of a trial court…