VILLA v. HEILMANN

No. 92-372.

649 A.2d 768 (1994)

James G. VILLA v. Thomas F. HEILMANN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Murray and William F. Ellis of McNeil & Murray, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael B. Clapp of Dinse, Erdmann & Clapp, Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and PECK, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Plaintiff James Villa, an attorney who sued former law partner Thomas Heilmann for breach of contract when defendant refused to split the contingency fee he received in a case that was pending at the time the parties ended their law practice together, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant. We affirm.

Most of the relevant facts are not in dispute. In 1977, prior to the time the parties became partners, defendant was retained by...

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