Legal Opinion
Buechel v. Bain
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 28, 2000PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rubin, J.
This matter involves the propriety of an agreement to compensate defendants for legal services rendered to plaintiffs Frederick F. Buechel, M.D. and Michael J. Pappas, Ph.D. in connection with the patenting of certain prosthetic devices plaintiffs had developed. At issue is the preclusive effect to be given to a decision rendered in a lawsuit brought by R. Gale Rhodes, Jr., a former law partner of defendants John N. Bain and John G. Gilfillan, III, in which the same Court (Richard Lowe, III, J.) ruled that the fee agreement was improper and limited the amount due…
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