Fox v. Abrams

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

Martin L. Abrams, individually (Abrams), and Martin L. Abrams, a law corporation (appellant), appeal from a judgment in favor of respondents Harry D. Fox, James Gibson, E. Clarke Moseley and Fox & Gibson, a law corporation. These consolidated actions arise from the bitter breakup of the parties’ law practice.

In 1976 the parties were practicing law together in El Monte as Abrams, Fox, Gibson & O’Rourke, a law corporation (AFGO). The shareholders had a written agreement referred to at trial as the “Buy-Sell Agreement. ”

Relations between the parties broke down, and on May 6,…