Mahesh v. Mills

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an order granting partial satisfaction of judgment. We affirm.

Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of contract. Defendant then filed a breach of contract counterclaim against plaintiff. The parties agreed to submit their dispute to arbitration, and, on March 31, 1995, the arbitrator issued an award of $25,360 in favor of defendant. On April 20, 1995, defendant’s attorney, Jeffrey Vanderstelt, filed a document entitled “attorney’s lien,” in which he claimed his right to collect $20,163.09 in unpaid attorney fees, costs, and expenses against the arbitration…