Rubel v. Hayden, Harding & Buchanan, Inc.

After a jury returned a special verdict which, in effect, found the defendant Hayden, Harding & Buchanan, Inc. (HHB), liable to the plaintiff Rubel for a finder’s fee, a Superior Court judge allowed a motion for judgment for HHB notwithstanding the verdict.

That action of the judge — which we think was right — triggered an appeal by Rubel, although no judgment for the defendant has to date been entered in the Superior Court. Indeed, a judgment does appear on the docket, but it is one for Rubel in the amount of $13,610. Accordingly the ap peal must be dismissed. As the case has been briefed and…