Southeast Schokbeton, Inc. v. Katz Corp.

McMurray, Chief Judge.

This is an action on a contract. The contract in question is an oral agreement between the plaintiff, a contingency search and recruiting firm, and defendant, a business corporation to whom plaintiff introduced an individual who was employed but shortly thereafter dismissed. Plaintiff contends that under the terms of an oral contract between the parties it is entitled to its fee, while the defendant contends that because the employee was dismissed within a 60-day guarantee period there is no fee due to plaintiff.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for…