Legal Opinion
Nernberg & Laffey v. Patterson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 1991No. 478PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
In this action between a lawyer and his client for legal fees, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the lawyer for twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars. In response to post-trial motions, however, the trial court entered judgment n.o.v. in favor of the lawyer for forty-six thousand, four hundred forty-seven and 42/100 ($46,447.42) dollars, plus interest from January 1, 1985. The client has appealed.
In May, 1981, Alan Patterson retained his friend, Maurice Nernberg, to represent him in various legal matters involving, inter alia, Patterson’s real estate investments. Nern-berg, in…
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