Fried v. Barad

Intervening defendant-appellant, Henry Barad, appeals the circuit court’s assessment against him of attorney fees. The issues in this appeal relate to the adequacy of the petition for fees and the adequacy of the hearing granting them.

A partition suit seeking partnership dissolution and accounting was brought by Bernard Allen Fried and Howard Weitzman, who are not parties to this appeal, against Barad. Fried, Weitzman and Barad had been partners and co-title holders of certain real estate. Rudy Martinez entered that suit as intervening plaintiff against all three of the partners who were…