Petersen Painting & Home Improvement, Inc. v. Znidarsic

Joseph E. Mahoney, Judge.

Appellant, Petersen Painting and Home Improvement, Inc., and appellee, Joseph R. Znidarsic, entered into an oral contract to renovate appellee’s home. The contract terms were cost plus ten percent. Appellee is an attorney whose firm from time to time represented appellant’s corporation and its president, E. Gordon Petersen.

After appellee had paid appellant $340,015, a dispute arose over the balance due. The parties’ testimony differed on whether the appellee had disputed the flat rate of $17.50 per hour prior to the completion of the project. The president of…