Shea, Rogal & Associates, Ltd. v. Leslie Volkswagen, Inc.

This action commenced on September 21, 1988, when the plaintiff, Shea, Rogal and Associates, Ltd. (SRA), filed a complaint against its former client, the defendant, Leslie Volkswagen, Inc., seeking to recover the balance of attorney fees it claimed were due on Leslie’s account. With its answer to SRA’s amended complaint, Leslie raised the affirmative defense of accord and satisfaction, contending that on September 21, 1987, it sent a check to SRA which recited that it was “payment in full for all legal services rendered,” and that SRA accepted the conditional draft by endorsing it, depositing…