Legal Opinion
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell v. Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 19, 2000No. 00-30040PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNN, District Judge:
In March 1994, Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation (“Metal”) hired Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, P.L.C. (“the Gold firm”) to represent it in a suit against Acadian Builders (the “Acadian action”). Metal prevailed in the Acadian action and paid the Gold firm approximately half of the Gold firm’s claimed legal fees. Metal disputed its liability for the remainder of the bill.
In October 1996, the Gold firm made a formal demand to Metal for payment of the balance in fees owed it, pursuant to La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 9:2781 (the “Open Account Statute”). After Metal…
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