Miller v. Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff, Malcolm Miller, against the law firm of Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt (Foulston-Siefkin) and his former partners. The plaintiff involuntarily left the firm under pressure, and, although he alleges ten separate claims in his petition, the basis of his action is that he should receive retirement benefits and a share of the attorney fees the firm received for its 20-year litigation in two sets of class action cases that have become known as the consolidated and the private helium…