Haid v. Tingle

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s order of a remittitur of a portion of the jury verdict for plaintiff in a contract action for payment of architectural fees and expenses.

In February 1983, defendants engaged plaintiff, an architect, to design a medical office building to house their ophthalmology practice. Plaintiff drafted a written agreement in letter form, which defendants signed in May 1983. Pursuant to paragraph 14 of the agreement, plaintiff’s fee was to be 10% of the total cost of construction. Paragraph 15 provided that, in the event of termination of the agreement by either…