Kronish, Lieb, Shainswit, Weiner & Hellman v. Howard Stores Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New *814York County, entered February 26, 1974, to the extent it dismisses plaintiff’s first cause of action, is unanimously reversed, on the law, and defendant’s motion to dismiss the first cause of action is denied. Appellant shall recover of respondent $60 costs and disbursements of this appeal. The papers on this submission present an issue of fact as to whether the legal services of the plaintiff law firm had been completed prior to. the making of the modified retainer agreement of August 17, 1972. Special Term erred in assuming this agreement was successive to the…
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