Legal Opinion
Hairston v. Gennet
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1985No. 83-1349PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Senior Judge:
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate a judgment of $3,662.51 and costs in favor of a lawyer in an action against her former client to recover the unpaid balance of her fee. The challenged judgment was entered after an ex parte hearing on damages conducted by reason of a partial grant of summary judgment some 20 days earlier. In our opinion, the judgment should be vacated and the case remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings.
The plaintiff’s action filed on July 22, 1983, was based upon a written retainer agreement made the previous year…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Harris v. AkindulureniDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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