Soeiro v. Brewer

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Madden, J., and a jury), entered April 18, 1996, awarding plaintiff damages of $60,000 plus interest, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

In this dispute between two lawyers, where defendant hired plaintiff to work on a case in which defendant was retained by the client on a contingency fee basis, with payment for plaintiff’s services to be deferred until defendant himself recovered a fee, ample evidence exists to support the jury’s finding of an express agreement between the parties calling for *209plaintiff to devote as much time to the case as he…