Watkiss & Campbell v. Foa & Son

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant Foa & Son appeals from a grant of plaintiff Watkiss & Campbell’s motion for summary judgment. The district court determined that no genuine issue of material fact existed with respect to the amount billed by plaintiff for legal services rendered.

In November 1986, Foa & Son (“Foa”) retained the firm of Watkiss & Campbell (“Watkiss”) to represent it in the case of Daw, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Co.,1 pending in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, in which Daw sought damages from Foa in excess of $1 million. Watkiss obtained a dismissal…