Sugar v. Thomas

Plaintiff is a Detroit law firm who represented the defendant in a stock fraud case in Federal court. Apparently plaintiff spent much time in preparation for trial and in the defense of defendant. The stock fraud case itself involved the sale of stock by defendant in a corporation in which defendant was the major stockholder. Apparently this lawsuit had possible legal damages in excess of one million dollars.

Plaintiff successfully defended the defendant. They then submitted a bill to defendant in an amount slightly exceeding $100,000. Of this amount $65,000 was for specific work and research.…