Legal Opinion
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Goldstone & Sudalter, P.C.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 1997No. 97-1216PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case raises issues of Massachusetts law concerning the obligations that attorneys owe clients in their billing practices.
Attorney Daniel Goldstone formed Gold-stone & Sudalter, P.'C. to purchase the practice of the late Eldon Sudalter, a collection attorney. Goldstone & Sudalter then billed Sears, Roebuck & Co. in excess of one mih lion dollars for past work Goldstone said Attorney Sudalter had performed on Sears’s cases. Sears at first paid most of the bills, but eventually sued Goldstone & Sudalter for an accounting, asking for a judicial determination of its total…
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