03/20/2008
New York Court Holds That Vague Billing Records Preclude Quantum Meruit Recovery
Mallin & Assoc. v. Nash Metalware Co., Inc., 849 N.Y.S.2d 752 (2008)
Brief Summary
A law firm brought an action against a client to recover for breach of an alleged oral agreement to pay for legal services. The court found that the law firm was not entitled to recover in contract because the fee arrangement was not fully known or understood by the client, or, in quantum meruit, because the firm’s billing entries were too imprecise to determine a fee.
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