Town of Medley v. Kimball

HAVERFIELD, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Town of Medley, appeals a $3,214 final judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict for the plaintiff-attorneys in an action for breach of a contingency fee agreement.

The Town entered into a contingency fee agreement, which subsequently was amended, with the plaintiffs, Leonard Kimball and co-counsel Hilton Carr and Herbert Warren, to represent it in the prosecution of its claim for damages against Frank Solomon, a former Town attorney. The agreement, as amended, the subject of the present action, provided that plaintiffs as compensation for their…