LARKIN v. PRESENT CO.


152 A.D.2d 1005 (1989)

Edwin M. Larkin, Respondent-Appellant, v. Present Company, Appellant-Respondent. (Appeal No. 2.)

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

July 12, 1989


Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

The evidence was sufficient to support the jury's verdict awarding plaintiff $55,200 for legal fees on a quantum meruit basis. When the $15,000 advanced to plaintiff by defendant is added to that amount, the total fee is $70,200, or $135 per hour for 453 hours of securities work and 67.5 hours of general corporate work. That amount is substantially the same as the amount which defendant conceded that...

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