Pipe & Piling Supplies (U.S.A.), Ltd. v. Betterman & Katelman

Hannon, Judge.

Pipe and Piling Supplies (U.S.A.), Ltd. (P&P), a foreign corporation, sued Betterman & Katelman (B&K), a Nebraska general partnership, to recover $50,000 of the more than $130,000 P&P paid to B&K for legal services rendered from September 3, 1991, to June 11, 1993, on the ground that the legal fees were “excessive and/or unnecessary for a law firm which had environmental law litigation experience.” B&K had recovered the last $8,230 of those fees in a previous action and moved for and received a summary judgment of dismissal in the instant case upon the basis of res judicata, but…