Prodan v. Hemeyer

Krupansky, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court granting judgment for plaintiff on plaintiff’s complaint in the amount of $27,475 and granting judgment for plaintiff on defendant’s counterclaim. The relevant facts follow:

Plaintiff and defendant met sometime in the 1970s while working at the same company. Plaintiff, originally from Yugoslavia, worked at the company as a machinist; defendant worked at the company as a computer programmer.

In 1980, plaintiff and defendant decided to start a machine shop business together. Therefore, each contributed something to begin the new…